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Poet: Shel Silverstein
Poem: The Little Boy and the Old Man
Volume: A Light in the Attic
Year: Published/Written in 1981
Comment 37 of 37, added on May 27th, 2008 at 2:25 PM.
i love this poem its funny and sad but most of all it is sweet..ect
briona jones from United States
Comment 36 of 37, added on February 8th, 2008 at 2:40 PM.
i think that this poem is so sweet
and it like tells you that kids and adults arnt very differint at all
savannna from United States
Comment 35 of 37, added on October 5th, 2007 at 1:22 PM.
I love this poem! And I love it because it points out something so blaringly evident in American culture. We treat and ignore the elderly just as we do children. Even though the old men and women in this world have experienced decades upon decades more than the middle aged people who control their lives. We do not draw upon their wisdom or experience; we ignore it and act as if they have none, because they drop spoons and wet themselves.
Heather from United States
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i love this poem its funny and sad but most of all it is sweet..ect
briona jones from United States