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Sheldon Allan Silverstein's Poetry, by first line

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  • Crowded Tub
    There are too many kids in this tub
    There are too many elbows to scrub
    5 lines, 4 comments
  • Hug O'War
    I will not play at tug o' war.
    I'd rather play at hug o' war,
    11 lines, 9 comments
  • Enter This Deserted House
    But please walk softly as you do.
    Frogs dwell here and crickets too.
    12 lines, 9 comments
  • Cloony The Clown
    I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown
    Who worked in a circus that came through town.
    48 lines, 2 comments
  • God's Wheel
    God says to me with a kind of smile,
    "Hey how would you like to be God awhile
    10 lines, 4 comments
  • Messy Room
    Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
    His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
    16 lines, 8 comments
  • Picture Puzzle Piece
    One picture puzzle piece
    Lyin' on the sidewalk,
    25 lines, 1 comment
  • The Meehoo With An Exactlywatt
    Knock knock!
    Who's there?
    29 lines, 2 comments
  • Whatif
    Last night, while I lay thinking here,
    some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
    26 lines, 2 comments
  • Snowball
    I made myself a snowball
    As perfect as could be.
    8 lines
  • Point Of View
    Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
    Christmas dinner's dark and blue
    12 lines, 2 comments
  • It's Dark In Here
    I am writing these poems
    From inside a lion,
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • Who does she think she is....
    I asked the Zebra:
    Are you black with white stripes?
    23 lines, 1 comment
  • Toplesstown
    It all started out at Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe
    Everybody sittin', eatin' eggs and grits, chattin' in the usual way
    278 lines
  • Stop Thief!
    Policeman, policeman,
    Help me please.
    6 lines
  • Runny’s Heading Rabits
    Runny lent to the wibrary
    And there were bundreds of hooks—
    9 lines
  • AntEater
    "A genuine anteater,"
    The pet man told my dad.
    4 lines, 3 comments
  • The Bear, The Fire, And The Snow
    "I live in fear of the snow," said the bear.
    "Whenever it's here, be sure I'll be there.
    22 lines
  • The Great Conch Train Robbery
    'Twas sunset down in old Key West
    The locals all were high.
    106 lines, 1 comment
  • Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila
    (Chorus)
    Pour me another tequila, Sheila.
    41 lines
  • Daddy What If?
    (Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then?)
    If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprised
    21 lines
  • Better Not Ask Me
    (Hey the truth might hurt so I'm tellin' you now that you better not ask me)
    Hey you better not ask me where I been all night
    15 lines, 1 comment
  • Father Of A Boy Named Sue
    (Okay now years ago I wrote a song called A Boy Named Sue and that was okay
    And everything except then I started to think about it an
    37 lines
  • Hard To Please
    (To be said in one breath)
    Elaine gives me a pain,
    21 lines
  • The Monkey
    1 little monkey
    was goin' 2 the store
    16 lines
  • Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich
    A hippo sandwich is easy to make.
    All you do is simply take
    11 lines
  • The Unicorn
    A long time ago, when the earth was green
    and there was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen,
    53 lines
  • Sky Seasoning
    A piece of sky
    Broke off and fell
    14 lines
  • Helping
    Agatha Fry, she made a pie
    And Christopher John helped bake it
    14 lines
  • Time
    Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these days
    Aren't they building the stairs a bit steeper these days
    19 lines
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