Taken from today's, Writer's Almanac, by Garrison Keillor
It's the birthday of Shel Silverstein, born in Chicago (1932) (books by this author), a cartoonist for Stars and Stripes during the Korean War, and then Playboy magazine. He came out with his first children's book in 1963, Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back. A year later, he wrote The Giving Tree, about a tree that sacrifices itself for a growing boy's happiness. His 1974 book, Where the Sidewalk Ends, has sold more than a million copies in hardcover.
Shel Silverstein wrote:
"Draw a crazy picture,
Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-gumble song,
Whistle through your comb.
Do a loony-goony dance
'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before."
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