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Wavy
I thought that I had wavy hairUntil I shaved. Instead,I find that I have straight hairAnd a very wavy head.
© Shel Silverstein
Hard To Please
(To be said in one breath)Elaine gives me a pain,Gill makes me ill,Winnie is a ninny,Orin is borin'Milly is silly,Rosy is nosy,Junie is loony,Gussie..
© Shel Silverstein
God's Wheel
God says to me with a kind of smile,'Hey how would you like to be God awhileAnd steer the world?''Okay,' says I, 'I'll give it a try.Where do I..
© Shel Silverstein
It's Dark In Here
I am writing these poemsFrom inside a lion,And it's rather dark in here.So please excuse the handwritingWhich may not be too clear.But this afternoon..
© Shel Silverstein
Friendship
I've discovered a way to stay friends forever--There's really nothing to it.I simply tell you what to doAnd you do it!!
© Shel Silverstein
Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me
Elvis he's a hero he's a superstarAnd I hear that Paul McCartney drives a Rolls Royse carAnd Dylan sings for millionsAnd I just sing for freeOh..
© Shel Silverstein
Thumbs
Oh, the thumb-sucker's thumbMay look wrinkled and wetAnd withered, and white as the snow,But the taste of a thumb Is the sweetest taste yet(As only..
© Shel Silverstein
I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag
Now I'm warnin' all you women don't stand too close to me cause you might catch fireNow you're talkin' to a man in a whole other kind of bagWell I'm..
© Shel Silverstein
The Meehoo With An Exactlywatt
Knock knock!Who's there?Me!Me who?That's right!What's right?Meehoo!That's what I want to know!What's what you want to know?Me, who?Yes..
© Shel Silverstein
Tryin' On Clothes
I tried on the farmer's hat,Didn't fit…A little too small - just a bitToo floppy.Couldn't get used to it,Took it off.I tried on the dancer's shoes,A..
© Shel Silverstein
The Generals
Said General Clay to General Gore,'Oh must we fight this silly war?To kill and die is such a bore.''I quite agree,' said General Gore.Said General..
© Shel Silverstein
Homemade Boat
This boat that we just built is just fine--And don't try to tell us it's not.The sides and the back are divine--It's the bottom I guess we forgot....
© Shel Silverstein