well, you guys pretty much know that i love poetry. i love finding out about new authors. well, old authors, that are new to me. lol but i'm gonna talk about Shel. i loved all of his books when i was a little girl. just like when harry potter came out, i begged my parental unit to buy the whole coolection for me. i thought i was just so poetic reading "Falling Up" or "Where the Sidewalk Ends". lol. that was in 6th grade when i finally got the whole collection i believe. anyway, my friend Lola was like "i don't really like Shel Silverstein, he's not serious enough", or something like that. lol i remember after hearing her say that, i wanted to write serious poems. of course, the poems i came up with, i thought they were terribly horrible. i sucked basically. then i got much older, and started writing like for real. i still thought i sucked, the only difference was i shared my poems with people, and strange thing happened, they liked them! so now, people call me a "poet". =) nice little story right? i love Shel, and the kid that lived in him.
“"There Is A Voice Inside Of YouThat Whispers All Day Long,"I Feel That This Is Right For Me,I Know That This Is Wrong."No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, FriendOr Wise Man Can DecideWhat's Right For You- Just Listen ToThe Voice That Speaks Inside."”-Shel Silverstein
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