They may be blue they may be green
They may be somewhere in between
They may be sweet, they may be cute
They may not have a birthday suit
They may not fly, why should they try?
They may not like a cloudy sky
They may have fur, they may be bare
They may have stripes throughout their hair
They may eat bread with taro root
They may just live on juicy fruit
They may like trees, they may like holes
They may live underground like moles
They may have come from outer space
They may have come from Granny's place
They may be here, they may be there
They may be hiding 'neath your chair
They may be small, they may be grand
They may be here to hold your hand
They may have cast their magic spell
They may now live with you as well…?
Author notes
Mythical fun creatures for chidren
Hope you enjoy
In a list
A contest entry
- Shel Silverstein by RatherImaginative.
875 points, ended December 3, 2007, 15 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Don't know about the good Dr Seuss, I just enjoyed the balance, rhyme and ideas flowing from your pen. I might have preferred a stronger resolution but I guess it should be tried on children and watch their faces. Could, perhaps, be seen by some as a "boogeyman" hiding identity. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Thank you for your honest critique.
Always appreciated.
I wanted the ending to plant the seed that there's this imaginery friend, come to hold childrens' hands. Something that their own imagination could construct : ))
Hope I didn't suggest a bogeyman hahaha
Thanks again
WD
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hahahhaa and thus my imagination runs wild
the pictures that run though my head reminds me of a Dr. Seuss novel
such a wonderful little poem here i give you two paws up
~~Chef W.B.
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Thanks. But did it really deserve two paws up
Appreciate the comment, always. Cheers
WD
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The Welsh Poet King Strikes Again II
Can I say more than: "this is like every other piece you have created over the time I have come to known you, simply fantastic." You still make me smile boyo.
You deserve every single bit of poetic glory.
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Sch'mae NMMD
Long time no see
Hope you are well. And your studies? Millionairre yet?
Diolch Yn Fawr
Da bo chi
WD
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I might have been reading Dr. Seuss, until I arrived at the last line, and then I smiled and thought, "Oh yeah!" This is an excellent piece emulating Shel's style. Thanks so much for entering my contest!
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Hi RI
Thank you so much for the HM
Glad you enjoyed my bit of 'nonsense'
Maybe not a Slverstein, but all good clean fun. Good contest. Thanks
Cheers
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Thank you RI.
Appreciate the kind comment
I have another one (or two) to add to your contest.
Thanks again, and Good luck with the judging
WD
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They maybe strange but who can say
your going to like them anyway
You may not know that they exist
though when they go they're sorely missed
For they're such jovial company
something to talk of after tea
Once you've found out what they are
then you'll agree that they're the star
And well deserve to grace this page
and not held captive in a cage
What can i say, i wish that I'd
discovered them, god knows I tried
But sadly my imagination
fell far to short for this creation
Twas left to someone who could see
far beyond the scope of me
And so i sit in total awe
of the one who wrote the score
Excellent,Fantastic,Great
Welsh Dragon I congratulate
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Hahahahaha
Love it, love it, love it
Superb comment. Better than the poem
Cheers L
Appreciate.
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Be'here? or be'there? LOL..interesting title, how in the world did you come up with that, uh?
You cwazy nut!
Wibbols are anything your imagination can come up with...plus i heard it has "half" an inclination to set things on fire Flippin dangerous if you ask me 
Loved this Bob
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Hahahahaha
Hi Wil'
Love your comments, they always crease me
I heard tell it was an anagram but how could half an anagram set fire to things
Eh? Eh? Uh? Uh?
Thanks gorgeous
Love it that you love it
Bob
♥♥♥
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::smiles::
This was amusing and cute. I liked it a lot. I love the imagery that you have painted here, it dances with imagination.
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Hi BLB. Thanks for the kind comment. I hoped it might just conjour up something pleasant in the reader's imagination. Glad you enjoyed
Thanks again
WD
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Very good
This poem brings out the child in all of us and gives us a new prospective on how playful and imaginative children can be. Your love of children and life shines brightly throughout your poem. This is a mixture of innocence and youth combined to created magic as seen through the eyes a poet.
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Thank E. The site is twitchy again today. I can't seem to give anybody extra points for their comments
But I thank you deeply for yours. Undeserved, I can promise you. Just the perspective of a Welshman who perhaps never grew up
Thanks again
WD
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Ah, a true masterpiece of fun and good humor!
Stopping by to smile and appreciate, dear poet Sir! Making me happy and acknowledge that I am still a child at heart. Your writing is forever enchanting and so witty, too! 
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Thanks M. I pop in all too infrequently these days, but always appreciate kind comments
Thanks so much
WD
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