http://www.wordnik.com/lists/poetrie-we-are-so-lost.xml <a href="/words/Poetrie">Poetrie</a> #2. I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!<br /><br />Where the Sidewalk Ends<br />by Shel Silverstein<br /><br />There is a place where the sidewalk ends<br />And before the street begins,<br />And there the grass grows soft and white,<br />And there the sun burns crimson bright,<br />And there the <a href="/words/moon-bird">moon-bird</a> rests from his flight<br />To cool in the <a href="/words/peppermint wind">peppermint wind</a>.<br /><br />Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black<br />And the dark street winds and bends.<br />Past the pits where the <a href="/words/asphalt flowers">asphalt flowers</a> grow<br />We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,<br />And watch where the <a href="/words/chalk-white">chalk-white</a> arrows go<br />To the place where the sidewalk ends.<br /><br />Yes we'll walk with a walk that is <a href="/words/measured">measured</a> and slow,<br />And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,<br />For the children, they mark, and the children, they know<br />The place where the sidewalk ends. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/moon-bird Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:01:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moon-bird http://www.wordnik.com/words/peppermint wind Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/peppermint wind http://www.wordnik.com/words/asphalt flowers Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:34:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/asphalt flowers http://www.wordnik.com/words/chalk-white Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:34:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/chalk-white http://www.wordnik.com/words/measured Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:34:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/measured