5/20/2023 0 Comments Where the sidewalk ends sickWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein is available for checkout from the Mission Viejo Library. All in all, this is a fun collection of poems for anyone looking for something to read before going to bed or for something to read anytime. Another is “Forgotten Language” in which Silverstein laments the loss of human connection to nature (Silverstein, 149). In this poem Silverstein tells of a place where everyone is always happy, then ends it with saying how plain that would be (Silverstein, 143). One such poem is called “The Land of Happy”. It is the colloquy of a little girl named Peggy Ann McKay with her parents whom she is trying to convince not to send her to school. They are fun to read to kids, to dogs, to parents, to grandparents, or to yourself. Sick is a poem that was published in the 1970 book called Where the Sidewalk Ends by the acclaimed poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician Shel Silverstein. These poems are generally short, whimsical, and full of wit. This collection of poems features works such as “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too”, “Hug O’War”, “For Sale”, “Sick”, “Me and My Giant” and “Hat”. Shel Silverstein, or perhaps more famously known as “The dude who wrote The Giving Tree” has actually written many stories alongside works of poetry “Where the Sidewalk Ends” is one of those pieces of poetry.
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