Dead Poets and Dark Caves: Everybody needs a little Dr. Seuss

Everybody needs a little Dr. Seuss

Posted by Melissa at 10:59 AM

Oh, the Places You'll Go! (not in its entirety)

Dr. Seuss

Except when you don' t

Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung upin a prickle-ly perch.And your gang will fly on.You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump.

And the chances are, then,that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.

Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.

A place you could sprain both you elbow and chin!

Do you dare to stay out?

Do you dare to go in?

How much can you lose?

How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...or right-and-three-quarters?

Or, maybe, not quite?

Or go around back and sneak in from behind?

Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,

for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race

down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to goor the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a

Yes or a No or waiting for their hair to grow.

Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for

Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.

Everyone is just waiting.
NO!That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying.

You'll find the bright places

where Boom Bands are playing.

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Sometimes Dr. Seuss just has all the words. From the very first time I learned to read this Doctor was my go to guy. One fish, two fish, blue fish, green fish--pigtails and hot pink converse under the plum tree. Oh, the Places You'll Go!

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."- William Shakespeare

5 comments:

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for
Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.

I adore you. Thank you. I'm saving that.<3

Elizabeth Marie said...

June 5, 2009 at 11:59 PM

Oh I agree but the cat in the hat always scared me as a child

Anonymous said...

June 8, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Funny I always enjoyed "Sam I Am", especially in my Spongebob Squarepants moments - Its one of the poems I can actually recite from memory...real cerebral of me huh? :)

Do you like
green eggs and ham?

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.

Would you like them
here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.

Would you like them
in a house?
Would you like them
with a mouse?

I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.