shel silverstein a light in the attic poem

Knowing that Shel sees things this way, too, makes it all easier to take, and makes your own oddness that much more tolerable.

Or, more to the point, you shouldn't meet them if that is an option.Ĭhildren need to experience this kind of creepy / weird / funny / sad stuff, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of having a conduit through which they can make sense of most of the rest of the world. If there are people who don't like Shel Silverstein, I don't want to meet them. Demento show numerous times, and managed to get a few books published along the way.įor some reason, parents never seem to think this creepy old guy who was so fond of children was in any way 'disturbing,' something I'm continually impressed with in the 'ban now, ask questions later' climate of modern culture. شربیانیĮvery child eventually discovers the perverted old man who wrote songs for Johnny Cash, did illustrations for Playboy, appeared on the Dr.

It was first published by Harper & Row in 1981.

A Light in the Attic is a collection of poems by the American poet, writer, and children's author Shel Silverstein.

Shel silverstein a light in the attic poem