The whole book was hilarious. I think that it is amazing how he comes up with all of these different poems that are funny in a different way each time. One poem is to be said in one breath, but it is about 20 lines long. At the end it says in parentheses: (whew!)
Shel Silverstein wrote songs as well
Here are some of them:
Freaking at the Freakers Ball
Greasy Grit Gravy
Great Grean Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
Freaker’s Ball
and
A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johny Sing
Runny Babbit
The Giving Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Falling Up
Who wants a cheap Rhinosauros?
The Light in the Attic
The Missing Piece
The Missing Piece meets the Big O
A Giraffe and a Half
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
and
Don’t Bump the Glump!
Furniture Bash
The hand of the clock
Pinched the foot of the bed,
So the foot of the bed
Kicked the seat of the chair,
So the seat of the chair
Sat on the head of the table,
So the head of the table
Bit the leg of the desk,
So the leg of the desk
Bumped the arm of the couch,
So the arm of the couch
Slapped the face of the clock.
And they pinched and they punched
And they banged and they knocked
And they ripped and they flipped,
And they rolled and they rocked,
And the poor dresser drawer
Got a couple of socks.
There was sawdust and springs
When I turned on the light
After that horrible furniture fight.
And that’s the truth, no lie– no joke.
That’s how your furniture
All got broke.
-Shel Silverstein
All of the poems are good poems (but some of them might be created for different ages because of the type of humor Silverstein puts in each poem. Most of then have pictures (to explain the story further).
This book is a poem book by Shel Silversein that includes poems like Furniture Bash, Toy Eater, A Battle in the Sky, and Music Lesson
