digital decoupage cwmartin
i’m not certain
how it all began
but i’m guessing
it was just
a scam
but parents
from around
the land
came
because a man
said the books
should be banned
he held a bible
up in one hand
saying
the word
should be
the only
book
on a child’s nook
so
after a hearty breakfast
of green eggs
and ham
the mob
while children sobbed
stacked up
all the books
even the cat
in the hat
was set
on the pile
and
set them ablaze
in the morning haze
even tho
i’ve tried
i’ll never
know why
perhaps he
misread
or was just
sick
in the head
Read Between the Minds 
I hope that’s not a true story! But it wouldn’t surprise me these days.
this… was absolutely GENIUS!.. god, its why people suck sometimes….
love it!
brilliant poem charles! all fanatics should read it and feel a bit uneasy
I have to agree. This one is brilliant, Charlie! I especially like your use of the “nook” image, as I think that also used to be (and maybe still is) a brand of passifier. Amazing poem, my friend!
this is an excellant construction of metaphor and personification. I like the way you give power to the author – dr. seuss and portray a new idea of him in our heads.
you never know what’s going on in the mind of fanatics… think of these poor kids..i can hear their weeping..
it is brilliant, Charles, and really wouldn’t surprise me all that much… but for me and my house, we will trust our own gut instinct on what to keep and what to throw to the flames
who knows why people ae so threatened by some children’s books – want to control everything around them, which is not possible of course – cool poem Charles 🙂
Thanks Gabrielle…oh by the way Aunt Bea has made you her manager for her presidential campaign…see tomorrow’s post. 🙂
*sigh*
Maybe we should just sit all children in front of a TV that plays white noise all day?
That way their imaginations will die and the population will be MUCH easier to manage…
No, no – no I say!
we can not let them rule that way.
We have to read green eggs and ham
We have to – have to, Uncle Sam!
How else can we all have our voice?
How else can we all have a choice?
Don’t let the bible man flimflam…
Help us, help us Uncle Sam.
M.L.
A wonderful poetic response…I loved it! Thanks!!
🙂
I’m a Seuss fan from WAY back.
I can recite many of his books (cover to cover) after reading them hundreds of times to each of my children and many of their friends as well as my students and in some cases their parents as well!
Burning any book is dangerous Charles.
Book burning is an act of aggression committed against a free society.
We may not agree with everything we read in print but we all deserve the freedom and the right to make the choice for ourselves.
M.L.
ugh… great poem, but brings back bad memories… no book burnings, but close enough… I hate how so many people will just blindly follow/believe things even today…. like stupid email rumors or whatever..
My blood pressure’s way up after reading this
Beautifully written! Seuss himself would be proud.
Oh, that wondifrolous Dr. Seuss … don’t burn him, let him burn in your mind!
Yes to the second suggestion! My mother had that happen to her thanks to a sick aunt who was supposed to be tending 4 motherless children. I don’t think my mother ever forgave that woman. Truly, it did turn out that the woman was ill.
Oh my. And to think I grew up thinking all Horton heard was “a Who”. Perhaps he was actually into espionage…