This poem reminds me of a hit song from 1958, recorded by the black doo-wop band called The Coasters. He was honored with being chosen as the winner of the 2021 SCP International Poetry Competition. His poems have been published nationally and internationally in The Lyric, Poetry Salzburg (Austria) Review, California Quarterly, Asses of Parnassus, Lighten Up Online, Better than Starbucks, Dwell Time, Light, Deronda Review, The Road Not Taken, Fevers of the Mind, Sparks of Calliope, Dancing Poetry, WestWard Quarterly, Society of Classical Poets, and The Chained Muse. He has written and published six novels, one collection of short stories, and three collections of poetry including Mostly Sonnets, all with Dunecrest Press. Tweedie is a retired pastor living in Long Beach, Washington. That you will be excused-no need to wait. You can follow her bluntandwitty on Twitter.If you don’t eat the food that’s on your plate When she's not writing, she's drinking red wine and chilling with some cool cats. Ossiana Tepfenhart is a Jack-of-all-trades writer based out of Red Bank, New Jersey. RELATED: 30 Love Poems By Tyler Knott Gregson Will Make You Believe In MAGIC It’s a lesson that most of us learn in elementary school, which is why this is one poem that has become really popular with just about every school out there.Ĭhildlike in his way of describing the issue, Silve rstein just has a lighthearted way of pointing out human nature. “Friends forever” isn’t always true, especially when you realize that the friends you have are more or less just there to boss you around. “I've discovered a way to stay friends forever . You just don’t see that these days! 30. " Friendship" That kind of buildup was what made him a genius in his time. It’s got his trademark quirk, his unique sense of humor, and a punchline that you kinda could see coming while still remaining pretty hilarious. “Homemade Boat” is about as classic Shel Silverstein as you can get. “This boat that we just built is just fine . You’d almost feel sorry for all the work he’s doing, until you realize that he’s not doing anything. If you look at all the tasks that he’s complaining about doing, they actually aren’t really chores at all. One thing that slackers learn sooner rather than later is the art of making a lot of little “nothings” sound like backbreaking work. That’s what “I’ve Been Working So Hard” is mocking. I've been supervising the work of the antsĪnd thinking of pruning the cantaloupe plants,Īnd I've taken twelve thousand and forty-one breaths,
“Keeping an eye out for floods and tornadoes.
Or, perhaps you had the misfortune of having parents that bought you clothes that looked perennially awkward.Įither way, being naked tends to feel better no matter what age you’re at. We approve, Shel. Maybe it was the pants that your mom kept buying that were super itchy. If you’re like most people, you had a point in your childhood where clothing just felt awful. That would make anyone wonder if Cinderella was *really* worth it. Imagine having to try to fit a shoe on 500 different peoples’ feet. Silverstein points this out with the way that the prince had to seek out Cinderella. However, if you really think about the kind of stuff that those stories entail, the actual things that the couples have to go through are pretty impressively awful. " In Search of Cinderella"ĭisney has a knack for romanticizing everything and making relationships built on shaky ground sound like they’d last forever. (You know, words that sound the same but have different meanings.) Poor uncle. In school, you probably heard this poem while your teacher was telling you about homophones.
Short, sweet, and funny as all-get out was a style that Shel Silverstein mastered - and “Anteater” is proof in the pudding.
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