Shel Silverstein Quotes

American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)

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Sheldon Alan Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American poet, noted for his children's poems, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist and screenwriter.

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Native Name: Sheldon Allan Silverstein

Alternative Names: Uncle Shelby

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Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.

If you are a dreamer come in
If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar
A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer
If youre a pretender com sit by my fire
For we have some flax golden tales to spin
Come in!
Come in!

How do you do! My name is Sue! Now you gonna die!

The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the light.

EARLY BIRD
Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early early bird — But if you’re a worm, sleep late.

Although I cannot see your face
As you flip these poems awhile,
Somewhere from some far-off place
I hear you laughing — and I smile.

...I am writing these poems from inside a lion...

If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...
If you're a pretender come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!
Come in!

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.

The Giving Tree · October 7, 1964 Verified in 2 sources · 1 more available Sign up to see the complete provenance

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If you're sloppy, that's just fine.
If you're moody, I won't mind.
If you're fat, that's fine with me.
If you're skinny, let it be.
If you're bossy, that's all right.
if you're nasty, I won't fight.
If you're rough, well that's just you.
If you're mean, that's all right too.
Whatever you are is all okay.
I don't like you anyway.

... and she loved a boy very, very much — even more than she loved herself.

FROZEN DREAM

I'll take the dream I had last night
And put it in my freezer,
So someday long and far away
When I'm an old grey geezer,
I'll take it out and thaw it out,
This lovely dream I've frozen,
And boil it up and sit me down
A dip my old cold toes in.

everything isn't everything

i made myself a snowball
As perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet,
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for it's head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first - It wet the bed.

If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.