Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

Join dancers from Ballet Quad Cities for an hour of movement and music as we bring the poetry of Shel Silverstein to life. Meet us at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount Street) on Thursday, March 29 at 6:00pm.

Silverstein was linked with country music and ... I say things through poetry, I say them through song, I say them through drawing.” “One’s On the Way” is a humorous ode to motherhood ...

And, like every other Gen X kid, I still know all the characters Shel Silverstein introduced me to in his raucous, playful poems — including Sarah Cynthis Sylvia Stout, who would not take the ...

Tokyo, Japan, 1954: Artist Shel Silverstein checks a pre-press plate before it is printed, along with Pacific Stars and Stripes staff at the Hardy Barracks building. Silverstein worked for Pacific ...

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein (80 mins) DATES: Thu, 2/29 - Fri, 3/1 - Sun, 3/10 - Sat, 3/16 - Sun, 3/24 - Fri, 3/29 - Thu, 4/4 - Sat, 4/6 An Evening of One-Acts by Ethan Coen (60 mins ...

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When my mom first mentioned her past objection to Shel Silverstein, I assumed she was the only person in the world who had a problem with his poetry. I was wrong. A cursory Internet search placed ...

The Giving Tree by author Shel Silverstein will turn 60 in 2024. The well-known and much-beloved children’s book tells the story of a boy who ages right along with the titular tree, which ...

It’s speaking to us and it can generate these poems that really picked up on the themes of Philip Larkin’s work or, you know, they can really get the cadence of like Shel Silverstein’s or Dr ...

I almost prefer the really inane poems, like “The Toucan,” by Shel Silverstein (“What kind ... A Manga Megastar Terrifying Work: The horror cartoonist Junji Ito, creator of popular series ...

Shel Silverstein is known for his whimsical and twisted children's poetry, compiled in books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. However, the Chicago native had many talents ...