The Acrobats
I'll swing
By my ankles,
She'll cling
To your knees
As you hang
By your nose
From a high-up
Trapeze.
Just one thing, please,
As we float through the breeze--
Don't sneeze.
Silverstein's work, which he illustrated himself, is characterized by a deft mixing of the sly and the serious, the macabre and the just plain silly. His wicked, giddy humor is beloved by countless adults as well as by children. He died in May 1999.
lol
ReplyDelete....just plain silly....
ReplyDeleteI always wondered if he meant way more than he said. He was either a genius or a weirdo. I never could make up my mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering too if there is more in this than the simple imagery - a commentary about the ease at which you can be unhinged when hanging by a thread…
ReplyDeleteOr it could simply be an effort to evoke a smile.
Oh such a shame that he died... he was such a good writer.
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thanks for introducing me to a wonderful poet...
ReplyDeletehe's hilarious!
Very cute. I liked it alot
ReplyDeleteAhh, I remember that one, it's cute :)
ReplyDeleteShel Silverstein is my childhood favorite! You're making me so nostalgic. I used to memorize these as a kid. :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting lol
ReplyDeletecheck my poems out n let me know what u think
"Don't sneeze."
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
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Blessings,
Linda
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I love shilverstein.
ReplyDeleteHis poems for children have an edgy quality to them...but they are great.
I love "Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout...would not take the garbage out."
Wonderful post, wonderful poet, wonderful writer - "The Giving Tree" is still one of my favorite books.
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