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Tag Archives: Shel Silverstein
Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day
If you could look up “wonderful weirdo” in the 13th edition of The Chambers Dictionary of the Twentieth Century, I think you might very well find a photograph of Shel Silverstein. Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million … Continue reading
TCS: Brightness Appears Showing Us Everything
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “If … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 25, 2020
September 25 is First Comic Book Day * One-Hit Wonder Day World Dream Day * National Quesadilla Day National Psychotherapy Day * Research Administrators Day Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims * _________________________________ MORE! Lilian Ngoyi, Shel Silverstein and Doris … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SWELTERING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SUBVERSIVE
NOTE: This was originally posted on September 9, 2015, and was reprinted September 21, 2018. It has been re-formatted, but the message remains timely, without needing updating. Because the Power Seekers are always with us. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Books for Young People, Buy Books, Freedom of the Press, Ingela Arrhenius, Power Seekers, Read Books, Shel Silverstein, Subversive
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TCS: Stocking the Pantry in a Plague Year
. . Good Morning! _________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 25, 2019
September 25 is First Comic Book Day * One-Hit Wonder Day World Dream Day * National Quesadilla Day National Psychotherapy Day * Research Administrators Day Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims * _____________________________________ MORE! Lilian Ngoyi,Shel Silverstein and Doris Matsui, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged bell hooks, Cherrie Moraga, Christopher Reeve, Doris Okada Matsui, Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, Pedro Almodóvar, Shel Silverstein
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TCS: Hinges On Our Heads – Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day
. . . Good Morning! ______________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Dick Francis, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Hinges On Our Heads, Maranda Russell, Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day, Shel Silverstein, TCS
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TCS – Something Greater: Poems for Give Something Away Day
Good Morning! ___________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Alberto Ríos, Hollie McNish, Pablo Picasso, Poems for Give Something Away Day, Robert Graves, Shel Silverstein, Something Greater, TCS
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CROCODILE’S TOOTHACHE – Poem for Toothache Day
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages. ________________________ To read Shel Silverstein’s poem, Crocodile’s Toothache, click here:
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Crocodile’s Toothache, Humor or Humour, Shel Silverstein, Toothache Day, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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