Giving and Poetry: Shel Silverstein
This is a page I wanted to create in memory of Shel Silverstein. Shel was born on September 25, 1932. He recently died in his Key West home on May 10, 1999 from a heart-attack. I have never really thought about him since elementary school, when we all heard his stories. Now I'm 13 years old and in the 7th grade. We live each day never knowing what could happen to us or someone around us, but this day I'm thinking about someone I never really knew. Someone who shared everyday things, but gave them a funny twist. I hope this page helps more than one person remember him and think that we don't have to be someone else to get somewhere. Just like Shel, today some people are singled out from the rest, but that didn't get Shel down, he turned to a writng style of his own and it only let his talent and kindness show to the world. I hope this page brings more thought to you about life and how sometimes you don't get your own way, and most of all, thank Shel Silverstein for his love of something that let's us love it. Love to Shel and thank you for taking time for Shel.
Shel's Stuff
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1981)
- The Giving Tree (1964)
- A Light In the Attic (1981)
- The Missing Piece (1982)
- The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (1982)
- Falling Up (1996)
- Composer
- Lyricist
- Folk singer and made popular country, pop, and folk music
- Cartoonist for children and adults
- Turned to writing since he was not good at sports and girls never liked him
- Started drawing and writing for Playboy magazine in 1952
- Member of the U.S. Military Forces in Japan and Korea during the 50's
- He never planned on writing for children
- Never knew of any famous poets until he around 30
- Shel is best known for his children's poetry
- Born in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 1932
- He had been living in Key West, Florida for many years
- The Giving Tree will have been out for 35 years in the fall of 1999
- Shel was 66 years old.
- On May 10, 1999 Shel Silverstein passed away in his Key West home's bedroom
- As Shel Silverstein's memories, poems, books, songs,and drawings live on, i hope he sees how his art is living on and he is deeply respected.
- Peace and love always to an artist,writer,drawer,singer, and a wonderful author.
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Shel Silverstein sites
Shel's poems and Books
Shel Silverstein's info
pictures,poems,photos
Unicorn poem
Shel and his works
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