where is the shell silverstein poem "when the lights go out"?

Question

my child needs to memorise this poem and I can't find it on internet

Answer 1

go the library and borrow one of his books i can tell you that its not in where the sidewalk ends or the light in the attic ( it wont be that hard to find it since they have and index)

Answer 2

I haven't found it in the indexes to Falling Up OR A Light In The Attic OR Where The Sidewalk Ends (the regular edition not the 30th edition with 12 new poems). I own the books and made a point of looking at their indexes. And it wouldn't be in his other books (Runny Babbit, Giving Tree, Missing Piece, Lafcadio, etc.). He does have some books for adult audiences although I doubt they'd be something assigned for a child to memorize. I would doublecheck the assignment to make sure you've got the title and author right. And if you do, my suggestion would be to talk to the teacher about where to find the poem OR to talk to a librarian to see how to go about finding this poem. You should be able to find a copy of the poem in one of the books in the library and make a copy of it there.

The only poem in those three books that mention 'light' at all is the poem "A Light In The Attic."

Answer 3

I'm not sure, but it may be in his collection, "Where the Sidewalk Ends." I don't have his books in front of me to check this. You may want to make sure it is indeed a Silverstein poem and not one by Jack Prelutzky. Silverstein does have a poem called,
"It's Dark in Here" to which I have provided a link:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-s-dark-in-here/

Sorry I wasn't more help--good luck!

Answer 4

Bound to be here, somewhere..!!!!

POETS & POETRY.

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoet.html

Browse the List of Poets

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/poets/

Browse the List of Poems

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/list/

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/poetry.html

http://www.bygosh.com/poems/index.htm

http://www.poemhunter.com/

http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/handouts/poetryaloud.html

http://poetryfoundation.org/

http://www.poetryamerica.com/index.asp

http://www.netpoets.com/

http://www.poemsforfree.com/index.html

http://www.poetry.org/

http://www.ilovepoetry.com/

http://www.shabbir.com/romance/romance.html

http://www.emule.com/poetry/

http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_collections.html

http://www.poetryloverspage.com/

http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/handouts/poetryaloud.html

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/index.html

http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/alphabetical/all

http://www.perfectlysaid.com/index.html

http://www.123lovepoems.com/about_us.php

http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com/LovePoem01.html

http://www.101bananas.com/poems/poems.html

http://mosca.freeservers.com/favpoems/index.html

Healing and Inspirational Poetry

http://petloss.com/poems/poems.htm

WEBSITES ON POETRY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

http://www.cumbavac.org/Poetry_for_Children.htm

A comprehensive site with lots of POETRY links.

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.