Selected Shel Silverstein's

This week, I want to share a few Shel Silverstein poems.

Because they are kooky,
wooky,
quirky
and quaint.

Because they reflect
a child’s imaginative mind;
And one reminds us
to always be kind.

(And for the writer friends who’re gracing this blog post, one in particular might just be about us and all artists …)

So here they are:

REFLECTION
Each time I see the Upside-Down Man
Standing in the water,
I look at him and start to laugh,
Although I shouldn’t oughtter.
For maybe in another world
Another time
Another town,
Maybe HE is right side up
And I am upside down.


WAVY HAIR
I thought that I had wavy hair
Until I shaved. Instead,
I find that I have straight hair
And a very wavy head.


SNAP!
She was opening up her umbrella,
She thought it was going to rain,
When we all heard a snap
Like the clap of a trap
And we never have seen her again.


MOON-CATCHIN’ NET
I’ve made me a moon-catchin’ net,
And I’m goin’ huntin’ tonight,
I’ll run along swingin’ it over my head,
And grab for that big ball of light.

So tomorrow just look at the sky,
And if there’s no moon you can bet
I’ve found what I sought and I finally caught
The moon in my moon-catchin’ net.

But if the moon’s still shinin’ there,
Look close underneath and you’ll get
A clear look at me in the sky swingin’ free
With a star in my moon-catchin’ net.


PUT SOMETHING IN
Draw a crazy picture,
Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-gumble song,
Whistle through your comb.
Do a loony-goony dance
‘Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain’t been there before.

Which do you like? (I love the first and the last …)