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Friday, March 2, 2012

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!


Oh what a day,
A day it is,
A day of fun, 
Of zip & fizz!
Let's celebrate,
The doc was born. 
No Mr. Geisel,
Nor Theodor.

It's Dr. Seuss,
To me and you,
To Horton 
And to every Who.

He brought his pal,
A giant cat,
A cat who wears
A tall striped hat.

But that's not all we have, 
look here.
There's red fish blue fish
Everywhere! 

He brought another 
In a box.
Oh look, oh look,
A fox in socks!
And who's that with 
The fox you say?
He's green and mean,
but what the hay.

He's not so bad 
To have in a pinch.
I kind of like 
That old mean Grinch.

He brought with him
Green eggs and ham,
And one more chap
Named Sam I am.

The gang's all here,
Let's celebrate,
For Dr. Seuss
Turns one-oh-eight!


I know I'm not much of a poet, but any excuse to
have this much fun is worth the embarrassment.

Thank you, Jennee Thompson, for reminding me how much I love Dr. Seuss!



31 comments:

  1. Excellent tribute! And I don't think I've ever seen a picture of him.

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  2. Oh how I love this! Brilliant! Well done and thanks so much for participating!

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  3. "Anything by Seuss is good." - Maurice Sendak

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  4. I don't think I ever liked Dr. Seuss all that much. I think I liked "The Lorax" a little bit and the Grinch XMas special on TV, but that was about it.

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  5. Yay! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. I feel the need to go find a tall striped hat to wear for the rest of the day now. :))

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  6. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish was my favourite book when I was a kid. I think I could probably still recite all of it! I still find the huge ugly thing stoppered in a bottle hilarious - remember: Look what we found in the park
    In the Dark
    We'll take him home, we'll call him Clark.
    He will live at our house
    He will grow and grow.
    Will our mother like this?
    We don't know.

    No creature ever looked less like a 'Clark'. I'm laughing just thinking about it!

    Thanks for a great post - it's brought back happy memories!

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  7. So cute! Love it. Yes, the kids are doing loads of fun things in school today... so great! :D

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  8. I like this post! I do indeed!
    It was sweet, and fun to read.

    All his books, I've so loved to share
    now with my granddaughter, when she is there
    at our house, sleeping over, snuggled in bed.
    But oh, the rhymes -- they get stuck in my head!

    And for days and days and days after,
    I'll make others explode in laughter,
    or groan and want to kick my caboose,
    'cause I just can't stop talking like Dr. Seuss!

    This was a great post, my dear Nancy!
    Just right! (not too plain, not too fancy)
    You're so sweet -- you've warmed my heart;
    And to share the smile, I hope I've done my part.

    ;^)

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    1. *clapping my hands as I jump up and down with glee!*

      Oh thank you so very much for that!

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  9. Happy Birthday to my favorite author and illustrator!

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  10. Not only did I love your poem, but the picture brought me right back to childhood and reading Dr. Seuss when I was supposed to be taking a nap.

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  11. I love Dr. Seuss too. I read quite a few of his books when I was visiting. I loved his tongue-twisting books. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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  12. Great stuff, Nancy.

    Love the Doc. I loved reading them to my kids when they were young.

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  13. I loved Dr. Seuss. Still do. He's fabulous.

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  14. My daughter and son's school have been celebrating all week. Today they had green eggs and ham for breakfast and got to wear green shirts:)
    Happy birthday Dr. Seuss!

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  15. I really like this.
    Yes, I do.
    I really liked this
    Thanks to you!

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  16. What an awesome tribute, Nancy. Well done!

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  17. New follower. An excellent tribute to Dr. Seuss-- I suck at poetry so I don't think I would have been able to write something even half as good. Looking forward to reading more of your posts!

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  18. What a wonderful way to celebrate :-)

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  19. How wonderful to be an author like Dr. Seuss!

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  20. He is one of the greats. Lovely tribute!

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  21. I loved the poem and I like Dr.Seuss. I enjoyed the movie "Lorax" the other day. You wrote an awesome poem.

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