Falling Up
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein is one of my favorite books to read over and over. The collection of poems and illustrations by silverstein are delightful and amusing to people of all ages. You can find other books by Shel Silverstein here. Below are a couple of poems from the book.
Falling Up
I tripped on my shoelace
and I fell up -
Up to the roof tops,
up over the town,
up past the tree tops,
up over the mountains,
up where the colors
blend into the sounds.
But it got me so dizzy
when I looked around,
I got sick to my stomach
and I threw down.
Stone Airplane
I made an airplane out of stone…
I always did like staying home.
Hand Holding
Somebody said, “let’s all hold hands,”
so Lee held hands with Jean.
And Jean also held Helen’s hand
while she held hands with Dean.
Dean’s other hand held Sharma Joy’s
while she held hands with Lee.
So tell me just how did I wind up
holdin’ hands with me?
September 19th, 2005 at 3:50 pm
the holding hands one was deep in a nutty kind of way..
as for the rest, they were fun..
you got me excited on shel silverstein, i’m gonna check his other poems out..
September 19th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
i remember my 4th grade teacher, Ms. Roxanne, used to read us Shel Silverstein poems when we were good
i still remember a lot of them.. good times!
-foof
September 19th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
charisma, theyr eall deep in a nutty kinda way
that plane outta stone one made me hysterically laugh the first time i read it.. hehe
foof, aww thats awesome.. im gonna read them to my puppies inshalla.. sophia and vinnie.. lol..