Shel Silverstein contributed to Playboy starting in 1956, wrote awesome children’s books, such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, and a song for Johnny Cash (the video of the song is at the end of this post).
For the kiddies, Shel wrote inspirational, heady stuff like this:
Listen to the MUSTN’TS child,
Listen to the DON’TS
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The [...]
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He of Many Talents: Playboy Contributer / Children’s Poet / Writer for Johnny Cash
July 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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