Shel Silverstein, an exemplary poet born in 1932 Chicago, Illinois is still among us today. He is an extremely opinionated and open-minded man who has effected may children and adults and benefited important parts of modern society. Silverstein's knack for appealing to all ages in a single book first became apparent when he published The Giving Tree in 1964. The Giving Tree could slant in two directions. It’s a little too sad for children, and kind …showed first 75 words of 1715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1715 total…his published poems are quite brief yet catchy and simple. Many times they are so silly that while reading them it is often very entertaining for almost anyone. " The poems are tender, funny, sentimental, philosophical, and ridiculous in turn, and they're for all ages including mine." (William Cole, 282) Shel Silverstein set quite an example for other writers also. He taught them other ways to get the ideas across to the readers. The images he creates.