School-wide Poetry Month: Day Twelve (Charlotte)

I chose "Crazy Dream" by Shel Silverstein because I think it's funny that he and the teachers switch. He gives them impossible questions like "Where are my mittens?" and directions like an over night assignment to grow a 20 foot plant!

Crazy Dream
Last night I had a crazy dream
That I was teachin' school.
My teachers had turned into kids,
And I laid down the rules.

I gave 'em a hundred hist'ry books
To memorize each night,
And made 'em read 'em on their heads
Without turnin' on the light.

I sent 'em on a field trip
To the outskirts of Mongolia,
And gave 'em an overnight assignment
To grow a twenty-foot magnolia.

I asked 'em how many awful grades
Can cause how many tears?
And if they got one answer wrong,
I just hung 'em up by their ears.

And when they talked or laughed in class,
I pinched 'em till they cried
Louder and louder- 'til I woke up
Feelin' very satisfied.
Poem ©Shel Silverstein. All rights reserved.