posted August 22, 2003 07:06 PM           

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Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
List to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child
ANYTHING can be.

-Shel Silverstein

I love him.

I used to have a record (yes, a record) of Where the Sidewalk Ends on which he spoke, sang, and gaffawed his way through a number of his own poems.
I can still hear his voice rising in hope at the end of this one.

(So WHAT if this should've gone into "For Yellow Wax and the Ants"...I wanted to show it to everyone )

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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted August 22, 2003 07:13 PM         

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Thanks Prox, glad it`s here. I enjoy him too

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posted August 22, 2003 09:39 PM           

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What you up to tonight, Juni?

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 flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!
Come in!

*says prox, as she moseys down memory lane, waiting for her hair to dry and getting ready for tonight...and notices that she spelled "Shel Silverstein" wrong... *

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posted August 23, 2003 09:54 PM         

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You can buy Where the Sidewalk Ends on cd. Shel released ten or eleven albums. You can find most / ? of them on cd. It was a great loss when he died.

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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

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posted August 26, 2003 09:42 AM         

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For all you old timers...
Did you know Shel Silverstein wrote almost all the songs for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show??

Great poet...and it thrills me that my children like his work as well.

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posted August 26, 2003 09:59 AM         

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I Love Dirty Dan!!!

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posted August 26, 2003 10:26 AM         

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" Ickle me Pickle me Tickle me too, went for a ride in a flying shoe. Hooray what fun! It's time we flew! Said Ickle me Pickle me Tickle me too"

Thats all i can remember, but it is my favorite!!!

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posted August 26, 2003 11:24 AM         

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I used to buy "The Giving Tree" for dear friends...perhaps it's something I should begin again.

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posted August 26, 2003 12:17 PM         

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He died?
Nice to know about the CD's maybe I'll find one.

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posted August 26, 2003 12:20 PM         

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Thanks for this thread proxieme I'm going to go over to my grandmother's house and get my Where the Sidewalk Ends. I think that I have this other one too, maybe, I'm not sure. Anyway, thanks- good childhood memories to get back to.

Oh yeah a P.S. dy'remember Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (who would not take the garbage out)?

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posted August 26, 2003 12:53 PM         

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Hey proxeime, how do u do the copy paste pics??? i tried but it didn't work, i tried paint and word, what do u use???

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posted August 27, 2003 01:01 AM           

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I was going to write-out a reply, but then I remembered that last month or so (yup, just then...I'd been here nearly a year) I looked over and saw this:
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/ubbcode.html

which'll tell ya.

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posted September 01, 2003 04:39 PM         

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My favorite poem is DEFINITLEY:
Someone ate the baby..
Someone ate the baby, its rather sad to say,
someone ate the baby, she wont be out 2 play
I don't know who would go and (burp) eat the baby
Not his best poem, but funny nonetheless

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