SHEL SILVERSTEIN
"There's a Polar Bear in our Frigidaire"
Shel Silverstein ble født i Chicago 1932. Han skrev dikt for barn (som disse på denne siden), men også skuespill, lyrikk for voksne og musikk, blant annet Johnny Cash' "A Boy Named Sue" fra 1969. Han var også tegner og illustratør, og illustrerte sine egne bøker. Han tegnet vitsetegninger for bl.a. Playboy Magazine. Hans diktsamlinger A Light in the Attic, Where The Sidewalk Ends og The Giving Tree er blitt klassikere, og han sammenlignes med Dr. Seuss og A.A. Milne.Han skrev også ni skuespill for voksne. Han ble funnet død i sin leilighet 10.mai 1999, sannsynligvis død av et hjerteinfarkt.
Noen Silverstein-linker:
http://www.banned-width.com/shel.html
Boy named Sue
"My daddy left home when I was three,
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me...
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue'."
BEAR IN THERE
There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there--
That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire.
THE TWISTABLE TURNABLE MAN
He's the Twistable Turnable
Squeezable Pullable
Stretchable Foldable Man.
He can crawl in your pocket
or fit your locket
Or screw himself into a twenty-volt socket,
Or stretch himself up to the steeple or taller,
Or squeeze himself into a thimble or smaller,
Yes he can, course he can,
He's the Twistable Turnable
Squeezable Pullable
Stretchable Shrinkable Man.
And he lives a passable life
With his Squeezable Lovable
Kissable Hugable
Pullable Tugable Wife.
And they have two twistable kids
Who bend up the way that they did.
And they turn and they stretch
Just as much as they can
For this Bendable Foldable
Do-what-you're-toldable
Easily moldable
Buy-what you're-soldable
Washable Mendable
Highly Dependable Buyable Saleable
Always available
Bounceable Shakeable
Almost unbreakable
Twistable Turnable Man.
ANTEATER
"A genuine anteater,"
The pet man told me dad.
Turned out, it was an aunt eater,
And now my uncle's mad!
SPAGHETTI
Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place,
Up to my elbows--up to my face,
Over the carpet and under the chairs,
Into the hammock and wound round the stairs,
Filling the bathtub and covering the desk,
Making the sofa a mad mushy mess.
The party is ruined, I'm terribly worried,
The guests have all left (unless they're all buried).
I told them, "Bring presents." I said, "Throw confetti."
I guess they heard wrong 'Cause they all threw spaghetti!
THE MEEHOO WITH AN EXACTLYWATT
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Me!
Me who?
That's right!
What's right?
Meehoo!
That's what I want to know!
What's what you want to know?
Me, who?
Yes, exactly!
Exactly what?
Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!
Exactly what on a chain?
Yes!
Yes what?
No, Exactlywatt!
That's what I want to know!
I told you--Exactlywatt!
Exactly what?
Yes!
Yes what?
Yes, it's with me!
What's with you?
Exactlywatt--that's what's with me.
Me who?
Yes!
Go away!
Knock knock...
