exploring the work of a poet
Exploring the work of poet
Sheldon Allan Silverstein, Shel, was an American poet, singer, songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children’s books. Mr. Shel Silverstein was born September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Not much is known about Mr. Silverstein’s younger life except for the fact that he started to write at the age of twelve, but at the age of 20 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, in 1950, and served in the Korea and Japan. While there he became a cartoonist for the stars and stripes magazine. When his stint with U.S. Army was up Mr. Silverstein he soon began drawing cartoons for famous magazines such as Look and Sports Illustrated, but The work he did for Playboy put him in national recognition. (http://www.faculty.weber.edu) As Playboy rose Shel Silverstein’s would to, as Playboy put his cartoons in every issue for 13 years straight. While at playboy Silverstein began exploring other areas of creativity which included writing music, contributing poem to the magazine and even wrote the books of Playboy’s magazine and even wrote the books of Playboy’s “Teevee Jeebies” and its sequels. It was not until 1963, when Shel met Ursula Nordstrom, when he began to step out and write material for children. As a children’s book author Mr. Silverstein wrote the wildly popular “The Giving Tree”, which was and still is one of the most discussed children’s books of all time. Sadly Shel’s career came to an abrupt end on May 10, 1999 when he suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 68, but still his funny way of writing poems and his children’s books are highly favored and read in classrooms all over the world today. (http://www.poetrysoup.com/poet/Shel_Silverstein) One of my favorite poems that Mr. Silverstein created is called “One Inch Tall”. The theme to this poem is being one inch tall can be looked at as a cool aspect to a certain extent. For an example, being able to walk under doors or even surfing in your kitchen
Sheldon Allan Silverstein, Shel, was an American poet, singer, songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children’s books. Mr. Shel Silverstein was born September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Not much is known about Mr. Silverstein’s younger life except for the fact that he started to write at the age of twelve, but at the age of 20 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, in 1950, and served in the Korea and Japan. While there he became a cartoonist for the stars and stripes magazine. When his stint with U.S. Army was up Mr. Silverstein he soon began drawing cartoons for famous magazines such as Look and Sports Illustrated, but The work he did for Playboy put him in national recognition. (http://www.faculty.weber.edu) As Playboy rose Shel Silverstein’s would to, as Playboy put his cartoons in every issue for 13 years straight. While at playboy Silverstein began exploring other areas of creativity which included writing music, contributing poem to the magazine and even wrote the books of Playboy’s magazine and even wrote the books of Playboy’s “Teevee Jeebies” and its sequels. It was not until 1963, when Shel met Ursula Nordstrom, when he began to step out and write material for children. As a children’s book author Mr. Silverstein wrote the wildly popular “The Giving Tree”, which was and still is one of the most discussed children’s books of all time. Sadly Shel’s career came to an abrupt end on May 10, 1999 when he suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 68, but still his funny way of writing poems and his children’s books are highly favored and read in classrooms all over the world today. (http://www.poetrysoup.com/poet/Shel_Silverstein) One of my favorite poems that Mr. Silverstein created is called “One Inch Tall”. The theme to this poem is being one inch tall can be looked at as a cool aspect to a certain extent. For an example, being able to walk under doors or even surfing in your kitchen