And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
SHEL SILVERSTEINAnd the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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Many leaves one tree.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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And the tree was happy.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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