This poet single handedly hooked me on poetry when I was just a little kid. My parents bought me three of his books when they couldn't get me interested in reading and they won me over. I've read them cover to cover. This one has always and will always stick with me. It's called Listen to the Musn'ts (must not (s) ).
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Listen to the Musn'ts
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“Listen to the Musn'ts child,
Listen to the Don'ts.
Listen to the Shouldn'ts,
the Impossibles, the Won'ts.
Listen to the Never Haves,
then Listen close to me.
ANYthing can happen, child, ANYthing can Be.”
Shel Silverstein
