Take The Shel Silverstein Challenge
September 26th, 2009
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“Draw a crazy picture,
Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-gumble song,
Whistle through your comb.
Do a loony-goony dance
‘Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain’t been there before.”- Shel Silverstein, “Put Something In,” A Light in the Attic
Yesterday was Shel Silverstein’s birthday. He died ten years ago, but his words live on.
Think of what you can do today to put something silly in the world. Then tell us what you did.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:44 am
hello Hunter, your blog is interesting. I read a few posts and I like it. Here is to your new reader. Jaky
By the way, I do silly things very often, but alone.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
@ Jaky, thanks. Keep up the silliness!
October 1st, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Hi Hunter – I love the poem but i don’t remember the guy. Maybe he was more popular in the States.
October 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
@ Cath, he was very famous here, but I guess not overseas. Here’s a very quick bio, from Wikipedia:
Shel Silverstein was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children’s books. He confirmed that he never studied the poetry of others and therefore developed his own quirky style: laid-back and conversational, occasionally employing profanity and slang.
But no profanity in the children’s books, of course!
January 18th, 2010 at 4:13 am
When writing checks, on the comment line I write “diamond smuggling”, “insider trading secrets”, “thanks for a wonderful night” or something like that. The cleaning service we used has NO sense of humor.