History Awesome / ShelSilverstein

* Awesome in the sense of awe-inspiring:
** The poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is lovely and atmospheric and captures a sense of childlike wonder.
** "Invitation"
--->''If you are a dreamer, come in,\\
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,\\
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...\\
If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire\\
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.\\
Come in!\\
Come in!''
** "Enter This Deserted House"
--->''But please walk softly as you do.\\
Frogs dwell here and crickets too.\\
Ain't no ceiling, only blue.\\
Jays dwell here and sunbeams too.\\
Floors are flowers - take a few\\
Ferns grow here and daisies too.\\
Swoosh, whoosh - too-whit, too-woo\\
Bats dwell here and hoot owls too.\\
Ha-ha-ha, hee-hee, hoo-hoooo,\\
Gnomes dwell here and goblins too.\\
And my child, I thought you knew\\
I dwell here... and so do you.''

* The poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is lovely and atmospheric and captures a sense of childlike wonder.
* "Invitation"
-->''If you are a dreamer, come in,\\

* "Enter This Deserted House"
-->''But please walk softly as you do.\\

I dwell here... and so do you.''

If you're a pretender come sit by my fire\\

I dwell here... and so do you''

Come in!''

--> ''a [[TitleDrop twenty-six]] [[RunningTimeInTheTitle second song]].''

--> ''[[TitleDrop twenty-six]] [[RunningTimeInTheTitle second song]].''

-> ''All the deejays keep complainin'''
-> ''tunes run much too long.''
-> ''[[TakeThat So I've gone and wrote myself]]''
-> ''[[TitleDrop twenty-six]] [[RunningTimeInTheTitle second song]].''

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxGX9OeQCCo This]] masterpiece: "All the deejays keep complainin'/tunes run much too long. [[TakeThat So I've gone and wrote myself]]/[[TitleDrop twenty-six]] [[RunningTimeInTheTitle second song]]."