Is There a Doctor in the House?
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), AKA Dr. Seuss, is one of my all-time favorite poets. He is an author of children’s books that rhyme, poems filled with silly words, silly pictures and often deeper meanings. I still have many of my Dr. Seuss books and ones that didn’t follow me into adulthood, were replaced in hardcover once I arrived. 🙂 His birthday, March 2, was adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day.
I didn’t realize until I was researching for this blog post, that he had written some short, more adult poems.
I would like to share two of them now. There are no titles.
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Every love story has a struggle.
Every fairy tale has a moment,
where they are faced with that challenge.
Happily ever after is not found,
it is fought for;
it is having the love,
that never gives up and always tries.
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In fields of green,
Between skyscrapers of a city.
On top of a mountain,
Under the sea.
High or low,
We will always find each other.
We will always find,
Our hearts’ home.
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And for those of you looking to relive your childhood…
My favorite books by Dr. Seuss:
The Cat in the Hat
The Butter Battle Book
The Sneetches
Horton Hears a Who
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
If I Ran the Zoo
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Green Eggs and Ham
The Lorax
And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street
Oh, who am I kidding, I love them all! 🙂
What is your favorite by Dr. Seuss?
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- Tagged: Cheryl Fassett, Dr. Seuss, National Poetry Month, poetry, writer, writing
Catching Fireflies 
Yertle the Turtle is one of my favs! Read the kids so much Suess that I can still recite most of them by memory!
Never too old for Seuss! 🙂