Waves of Nostalgia

Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein

Birds are flyin' south for winter.
Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north,
Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin',
Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth.
He says, "It's not that I like ice
Or freezin' winds and snowy ground.
It's just sometimes it's kind of nice
To be the only bird in town."

When I was young I loved nothing more than my Shel Silverstein Poetry Books. Okay, I loved alot of other things too, going wild on the drums, playing in rain, science projects, dancing to Madonna, having conversations with my dog, making potions with anything I could find in the pantry+kitchen cabinets, wearing only the bottom half of my bathing suit, my rock collection, my infatuation with outerspace, my ninja turtle punching bag, my super mario nintendo game (that I beat on a daily basis), running around in only my underwear. I didn't understand how quirky I was at the time, only in retrospect do I grasp just how peculiar of a child I was.


Anywho, along with those other things and countless more, I loved my Shel Silverstein poetry books. The poems were fun, silly, and equally quirky as my childhood personality was. Somewhere along the way, my books, and nintendo games were replaced with makeup and boys, and I'm guessing my Silverstein books are somewhere tucked away in the basement of the house I grew up in. I really should get those. Dust them off, and save them for a rainy day, save them for my children who are inevitably going to be weirdos because they will share my genes.

As I was reading the poems I felt like I was hidden away in my childhood room flipping through my books and laughing at how silly Shel's words were. It made me miss my family, my old room, North Carolina summers, my rock collection, etc.

This poem reminds me of my sister everytime I read it.

Hug O' War by Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug o' war

I'd rather play at hug o' war,

Where everyone hugs

Instead of tugs

Where everyone giggles

And rolls on the rug,

Where everyone kisses

And everyone grins

And everyone cuddles

And everyone wins.



And this one reminds me of my handsome husband.

The Gardener by Shel Silverstein

We gave you a chance

To water the plants.

We didn't mean that way-

Now zip up your pants.

He's gonna love me for that one. 

The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt by Shel Silverstein

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...

 Some things never really change.