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Shel Silverstein - Forgotten Language

Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly
in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions
of the crickets,
And joined the crying of each falling dying
flake of snow,
Once I spoke the language of the flowers...
How did it go?
How did it go?

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Poet: Shel Silverstein (Shel Silverstein Art)
Poem: Forgotten Language

Comment 5 of 5, added on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 PM.

I think that when he was a child he had a very vivide imagination by has he started to mature his imagination started to fade away. Plz email me @ Rallykat21@yahoo.com if you have any comments on my comment

Alyssa from United States
Comment 4 of 5, added on October 21st, 2009 at 2:06 PM.

I think this beautiful poem full of regret and we can all relate to his feelings of frustration as we grow older and life becomes more and more tiring.

AshleySue from United States
Comment 3 of 5, added on March 1st, 2009 at 7:45 PM.

This poem is about how Shel (or another character) once had the imagination of a child. Now that he's older, though, he's asking himself, "How did it go?"

Kel Smel from Austria

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