The reason old people roll the bottom of their pants is because many older people lose height with age, my mother was 5 Foot 1 and strunk to 4 foot 10.
Wish we’d studied Shell Silverstein when I was in school. Of course, Shel almost certainly hadn’t started writing when I was in school so that would have presented a bit of a problem.
I never met Shel, but we had a mutual friend; the things he told me Shel said/sang in person were even funnier (and much raunchier) than what he published and recorded.
I cannot go to school today, said little Peggy Ann McKay. Yeah! I can hear Caulfield saying that. My kids were subjected to that poem every time that they said that they were sick on a school day!
GreasyOldTam almost 3 years ago
Elementary school students NOT studying T.S. Eliot? WHAT is the world coming to?
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
Caulfield can mess with the accelerator pedal, but Mrs. Olsen owns the steering wheel.
tzid almost 3 years ago
Oh the humanity!
sergioandrade Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The reason old people roll the bottom of their pants is because many older people lose height with age, my mother was 5 Foot 1 and strunk to 4 foot 10.
Wilde Bill almost 3 years ago
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out!
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
What’s really sad is they are not giving room to the analysis of Vogon Poetry!!
222jo almost 3 years ago
I roll the bottom of my jeans because I think it looks cool! Also, I love Shel Silverstein!
Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member almost 3 years ago
curious, is it the word “rolled” that painfully forces the meter?
nospam4sdo almost 3 years ago
Wish we’d studied Shell Silverstein when I was in school. Of course, Shel almost certainly hadn’t started writing when I was in school so that would have presented a bit of a problem.
MoeyTehr almost 3 years ago
That’s wonderfully devious of you, Caulfield. More Shel Silverstein the better!
The Brooklyn Accent almost 3 years ago
I’d much rather hear Shel Silverstein’s work sung than T.S. Eliot’s.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 3 years ago
I never met Shel, but we had a mutual friend; the things he told me Shel said/sang in person were even funnier (and much raunchier) than what he published and recorded.
MITZI almost 3 years ago
Do I dare . . . to ask how I can triple-like this? Jef Mallett, this is fantastic!!
waltermatera almost 3 years ago
Its senses.
Ukko wilko almost 3 years ago
Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot were fighting in the captain’s tower…
ladywyntre almost 3 years ago
Shel’s okay, but not The Giving Tree. TERRIBLE story with a TERRIBLE lesson.
mj1311 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Well, my daddy left home when I was three and he didn’t leave much for Ma an’ me but this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze…..
TraceySmith almost 3 years ago
I was supposed to read something my T.S. Eliot but I got stoned and I missed it.
atajayhawk almost 3 years ago
Shel Silverstein is good, but I like Jack Prelutsky better. A little more humor, maybe, and a little less satirical bite. Fun stuff!
LisbethSolberg almost 3 years ago
May I submit…? The meter slows in that couplet to show old age slowing us down.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
finzleftright almost 3 years ago
I cannot go to school today, said little Peggy Ann McKay. Yeah! I can hear Caulfield saying that. My kids were subjected to that poem every time that they said that they were sick on a school day!