Name: Falling Up
ISBN: 9780590996891

Shel Silverstein

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

Poems and Drawings

Falling Up

Kirsten Simkiss

Interestingly enough, this was the first poetry I found I ever really enjoyed. I’ve never really been big on poetry, but the playful whimsy of Silverstein’s poems made me smile and I grew to enjoy it. And also his illustrations! Odd though they may be, you cannot claim he doesn’t have a distinct style.

As I read this again as a 28 year old adult, I found it was still mostly geared toward children, but several of the poems are still relevant to what we deal with as adults. In a humorous way, of course, but it addresses common adulthood stressors.

This book is also laden with puns. I wonder if this is what started me down the path of believing that puns are the best sort of humor because it’s hard to offend others with them aside from the inevitable groan of having to listen to a good pun.

Ashley shackelford

Sarah Sammis

Erin Darlyn

lucinda ventimiglia

Danielle 

Laurea Thompson

Jayme Cochrane

Miranda Padgett

Julie Headrick

Callie Stull

Kali Samples

Cat Josephson

Audrey Lord

Morgan Holland

Cheyenne Corty

Ivy X

Anna Bold

madi

Destinee Kelly

Ryan Maher

Falling Up Poems and Drawings