Lafayette School Poetry on Parade: Here's a Heaping Helping of Shel Silverstein

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Here's a Heaping Helping of Shel Silverstein

We're hungry for poetry! It's time to grab a bite to eat, savoring and sharing delicious verses written by Shel Silverstein. What's on the menu? For starters, let's sample folklore with a twist. We've heard stories of magic lamps and genies granting wishes. In The Genie in the Flask, performed by Tommy and Will, things turn out differently:

Silverstein Sketches by Tommy C.

Next, let's nibble on a mouth-watering main dish about a misbehaving automaton, My Robot, performed by Dash and Owen:

Taste buds craving something silly? Here's the scrumptious Ickle Me, Tickle Me, Pickle Me Too, performed by Sydney and Julia:

We hope you saved room for dessert! Today's special is the short and sweet Hug O' War, performed by Kylie and Paige:

Poems to savor, poems to share. Remember, Poetry Paraders, as you move through life, never bite off more than you can chew... and a serving of Shel Silverstein every day is satisfying but not too filling!

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Vacation

In my head I hear a humming:
Summer, summer summer's coming.
Soon we're going on vacation
But there is a complication:
Day by day the problem's growing-
We don't know yet where we're going!

Mother likes the country best;
That's so she can read and rest.
Dad thinks resting is a bore;
He's for fishing at the shore.
Sailing is my brother's pick;
Sailing makes my sister sick;
She says swimming's much more cool,
Swimming in a swimming pool.
As for me, why, I don't care,
I'd be happy anywhere!

In my head I hear a humming:
Summer, summer, summer's coming.
Soon we're going on vacation
But we have a complication:
Day by day the problem's growing-
Where oh where will we be going?

Mary Ann Hoberman

The way to eat your lunch meat
is to roll it into tubes.
The way to eat your Jell-O
is to jiggle all the cubes.
The way to eat your Swiss cheese
is to nibble it like mice.
The way to eat your water
is to chew the chunks of ice.
The way to eat your doughnut
is to try to save the hole.
The way to eat your ice cream
is to overfill the bowl.
The way to eat your pudding
is to suck it through a straw.
The way to eat your peanuts
is to store them in your jaw.
The way to eat your apple
is to munch it like a hog.
The way to eat your spinach
is to feed it to your dog.
The way to eat your noodles
is in one unending slurp.
The way to end your meal
is with a record-breaking BURP.

-- John Frank

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Here's a Heaping Helping of Shel Silverstein

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