Poems Inspired by Dr. Seuss
#DrSeuss
Poems inspired by the American children's author Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Here you'll find poetry using the style, themes or characters found in books by Dr. Seuss. Along with poems about Seuss himself, including praise, criticism and memorials.
HarleyQuinn
Riah
Riah
Poem Published
31st Jul 2022 11:46am
31st Jul 2022 11:46am
The Dead Cat in the Hat
The sun did not shine,
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house,
All that cold, wet day.
I sat there with Sally,
We sat there in dread.
There was something that stank,
It was under the bed.
We were too scared to look,
But we both had a clue.
What was under the bed?
I think we both knew.
Daddy could be scary
After we went to bed.
I had the worst feeling,
That the thing there was dead.
We sat by the bed,
We sat very still.
I thought of my friend
That I met by the...
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house,
All that cold, wet day.
I sat there with Sally,
We sat there in dread.
There was something that stank,
It was under the bed.
We were too scared to look,
But we both had a clue.
What was under the bed?
I think we both knew.
Daddy could be scary
After we went to bed.
I had the worst feeling,
That the thing there was dead.
We sat by the bed,
We sat very still.
I thought of my friend
That I met by the...
#dark
#death
#DrSeuss #horror
#DrSeuss #horror
539 reads
6 Comments
Gahddess_Worship
Poem Published
1st May 2022 2:08am
1st May 2022 2:08am
Homage To Theodor
Teodoro McGrew
sat alone consuming
purple yak vindaloo
mid the din
of other animated eaters
another Saturday evening
at posh Chez Ballyhoo
Suzy Swansong
Teo’s perky server
asks “any desert…
or perhaps digestif?”
yes please
choochooberries
In dark chocolate slipper
with zingtingle sauce
topped with whipped cream
Teo’s hunger
satisfied, sighs,
claps his hands
to summon the bill
Suzy with flourish,
smiling complies
after paying the check,
with...
sat alone consuming
purple yak vindaloo
mid the din
of other animated eaters
another Saturday evening
at posh Chez Ballyhoo
Suzy Swansong
Teo’s perky server
asks “any desert…
or perhaps digestif?”
yes please
choochooberries
In dark chocolate slipper
with zingtingle sauce
topped with whipped cream
Teo’s hunger
satisfied, sighs,
claps his hands
to summon the bill
Suzy with flourish,
smiling complies
after paying the check,
with...
#love
#funny
#gratitude
#admiration
#DrSeuss
457 reads
8 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
30th Apr 2020 1:36am
30th Apr 2020 1:36am
Don't ask a hungry teen for poetry prompts
Bananas,” he said
off the top of his head,
“They’re yummy, and radioactive,” he smiles.
Are you kidding? You brat!
What can I do with that??
But I let myself ponder bananas a while.
I could wax sentimental,
and write a parental
remembrance of babies just learning to eat.
Perhaps talk of sweetness,
that aching completeness
when finally a soul mate you happen to meet.
Or I could reminisce
‘bout that comforting kiss
when I tried (and I failed at) banana cream pie.
I could write a big rant
of a world...
off the top of his head,
“They’re yummy, and radioactive,” he smiles.
Are you kidding? You brat!
What can I do with that??
But I let myself ponder bananas a while.
I could wax sentimental,
and write a parental
remembrance of babies just learning to eat.
Perhaps talk of sweetness,
that aching completeness
when finally a soul mate you happen to meet.
Or I could reminisce
‘bout that comforting kiss
when I tried (and I failed at) banana cream pie.
I could write a big rant
of a world...
#food
#funny
#NaPoWriMo2020 #DrSeuss
#NaPoWriMo2020 #DrSeuss
501 reads
10 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
19th Oct 2019 6:10pm
19th Oct 2019 6:10pm
The Wally Sticks
Sit back, kick back, I will tell you a story in rhyme,
‘Bout Wallyroo Ninety-Two in his prime time,
So we’ll travel back to nineteen eighty nine,
When he was just fifteen and joined the drumline.
Earlier Wally had been a “sucky" drummer,
Could not keep up the beat, it was a bummer
But over the summer he practiced real hard,
And once in high school he got his calling card.
He leaned to read music and how to play notes,
A skinny nerd who'd never been able to gloat,
He still sucked but he was getting much better,
For one day he...
‘Bout Wallyroo Ninety-Two in his prime time,
So we’ll travel back to nineteen eighty nine,
When he was just fifteen and joined the drumline.
Earlier Wally had been a “sucky" drummer,
Could not keep up the beat, it was a bummer
But over the summer he practiced real hard,
And once in high school he got his calling card.
He leaned to read music and how to play notes,
A skinny nerd who'd never been able to gloat,
He still sucked but he was getting much better,
For one day he...
#music
#DrSeuss
#determination
629 reads
6 Comments
Fetchitnow
Poem Published
12th Sep 2019 2:57am
12th Sep 2019 2:57am
I Think, I Thought
When thinking of thoughts
We think we already thought
Out loud, we might say
The other night on replay
When we say it today
Maybe said, the other day
Now, but not before
Before, but not now
Forever, I will now know
For now, I will never know
My thoughts, I think
I'm thinking, I thought
I think, I thought
My thought, I think
Don't...
We think we already thought
Out loud, we might say
The other night on replay
When we say it today
Maybe said, the other day
Now, but not before
Before, but not now
Forever, I will now know
For now, I will never know
My thoughts, I think
I'm thinking, I thought
I think, I thought
My thought, I think
Don't...
#SelfDiscovery
#DrSeuss
635 reads
3 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
26th Dec 2018 9:05pm
26th Dec 2018 9:05pm
A Sneetch ( after Theodor [Dr] Seuss Geisel )
There are havettes, and have notettes–
yet in all honesty, without possessions
who can tell the difference?!
They appear the same shape –
male and female alike; O! But wait!
is it a tittle of a title they covet?!
Or, perhaps, in all honesty –
it’s a jealousy thing ; O! Me! Why
clonedingus another Sneetch?
We each have our trinkets – we’re all
born completus; O! Yet, it’s not enough!
Some Sneetches choose to be leeches!
Is it fortune, fame they don’t deserve –
but feel they...
yet in all honesty, without possessions
who can tell the difference?!
They appear the same shape –
male and female alike; O! But wait!
is it a tittle of a title they covet?!
Or, perhaps, in all honesty –
it’s a jealousy thing ; O! Me! Why
clonedingus another Sneetch?
We each have our trinkets – we’re all
born completus; O! Yet, it’s not enough!
Some Sneetches choose to be leeches!
Is it fortune, fame they don’t deserve –
but feel they...
#jealousy
#conflict
#DrSeuss
1215 reads
7 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
23rd Dec 2018 1:26am
23rd Dec 2018 1:26am
How the Snollygoster Stole Wordmas ( after Theodor [Dr] Seuss Geisel )
Once upon a lifetime
in the heart of a speck of dust,
every little poetic Mite
needed clay to carve their words –
no matter how mundane
or even crazy they seemed;
regardless of any rhyme
rhythm, or even a theme!
Poetry was their life, you see!
And, at the end of each new day
they carved their tablets of clay –
for Wordmas was on its way!
They'd glitter, shine, describe and show ...
in the heart of a speck of dust,
every little poetic Mite
needed clay to carve their words –
no matter how mundane
or even crazy they seemed;
regardless of any rhyme
rhythm, or even a theme!
Poetry was their life, you see!
And, at the end of each new day
they carved their tablets of clay –
for Wordmas was on its way!
They'd glitter, shine, describe and show ...
#love
#hope
#PowerOfWords
#gratitude
#DrSeuss
1101 reads
10 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
17th Dec 2018 6:06pm
17th Dec 2018 6:06pm
Flumadiddle! ( after Theodor [Dr] Seuss Geisel )
It’s Flumadiddle! you see
to assume a fact is fact
by just eyeball-contact!
Flumadiddle! I tell ya!
Look underneath!
See what's hidden yourself!
Flumadiddle!
to think we’re separate
despite a color or two or three;
Flumadiddle! I tell ya!
To see a different
heart or brain or liver, ew'ee!
Flumadiddle!
because a heart is a heart
and a liver a liver, ew'ee! ...
to assume a fact is fact
by just eyeball-contact!
Flumadiddle! I tell ya!
Look underneath!
See what's hidden yourself!
Flumadiddle!
to think we’re separate
despite a color or two or three;
Flumadiddle! I tell ya!
To see a different
heart or brain or liver, ew'ee!
Flumadiddle!
because a heart is a heart
and a liver a liver, ew'ee! ...
#children
#LGBT
#humankind
#transgender
#DrSeuss
1381 reads
11 Comments
eswaller
Poem Published
14th Dec 2018 5:20am
14th Dec 2018 5:20am
All the Places You'll Go! (A Take on Dr. Seuss)
You are traveling to cities and meeting new faces.
You are exploring every new culture and lose traces
Of your previous life. You find new people to fall
In love with and you will have stories to tell. The wall
Will be crumbling and is falling at your awaiting feet.
There are many snow-capped mountains you can defeat.
You conquer anything. Oh, the places you’ll go! And
Yes, you will be on your merry way to stand
Tall against the naysayer’s nonsense. You have smarts
Locked in that big brain of yours and have many hearts
Made of...
You are exploring every new culture and lose traces
Of your previous life. You find new people to fall
In love with and you will have stories to tell. The wall
Will be crumbling and is falling at your awaiting feet.
There are many snow-capped mountains you can defeat.
You conquer anything. Oh, the places you’ll go! And
Yes, you will be on your merry way to stand
Tall against the naysayer’s nonsense. You have smarts
Locked in that big brain of yours and have many hearts
Made of...
#love
#travel
#DrSeuss
633 reads
4 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
13th Dec 2018 5:00pm
13th Dec 2018 5:00pm
Coddiwomple ( after Theodor [Dr] Seuss Geisel )
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Despite what you don’t know!
Don't worry now -
it's impossible to lose!
Hello! Hello!
It’s time to go – don’t doubt yourself!
Jump right up and step on out!
You may not know
which road to trust - but
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
You’re Coddiwomple-confused!
Being so little so long!
But time has come to choose!
Is “Right” the greater arrow?
Or “Left” the lesser narrow?!
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Hello! Hello!
This is...
Despite what you don’t know!
Don't worry now -
it's impossible to lose!
Hello! Hello!
It’s time to go – don’t doubt yourself!
Jump right up and step on out!
You may not know
which road to trust - but
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
You’re Coddiwomple-confused!
Being so little so long!
But time has come to choose!
Is “Right” the greater arrow?
Or “Left” the lesser narrow?!
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Hello! Hello!
This is...
#children
#childhood
#LifeGoals
#learning
#DrSeuss
1104 reads
5 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
24th Nov 2017 1:59am
24th Nov 2017 1:59am
"I'm The Cat, WITHOUT, The Hat !!!" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 22/11/2006
Now let me just ... Say This ...
I'm The Cat ...
WITHOUT ... The Hat ... !!!
Who ...
Writes about ... THIS ...
And ...
Writes about ... THAT ...
Or YES ... That Chap ... !!!
Whose Wordplay ... Shows ...
I'm ....
Searching for ... FACTS ... !!!
Facts about ... " Why " ...
Life's NOT ... So Nice ... ?!?
Is it ...
The Choices we make
About our ... " Welfare State " ... ?
Do we ...
REALLY Have A Choice ... ??? ...
I'm The Cat ...
WITHOUT ... The Hat ... !!!
Who ...
Writes about ... THIS ...
And ...
Writes about ... THAT ...
Or YES ... That Chap ... !!!
Whose Wordplay ... Shows ...
I'm ....
Searching for ... FACTS ... !!!
Facts about ... " Why " ...
Life's NOT ... So Nice ... ?!?
Is it ...
The Choices we make
About our ... " Welfare State " ... ?
Do we ...
REALLY Have A Choice ... ??? ...
#rhyming
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#myself
#DrSeuss
651 reads
0 Comments
Maenad
Poem Published
14th Apr 2015 11:05pm
14th Apr 2015 11:05pm
Thee
Two paths lie before thee
Acceptance or denial of realITY
Denial leads to anger, hatred and immortality
Acceptance leads to peace, love and morality
The path you take is up to thee
Such a simple truth to see
As simple as one, two, three
And as Dr. Seuss did find, the simple truth does always rhyme, to you and me
Acceptance or denial of realITY
Denial leads to anger, hatred and immortality
Acceptance leads to peace, love and morality
The path you take is up to thee
Such a simple truth to see
As simple as one, two, three
And as Dr. Seuss did find, the simple truth does always rhyme, to you and me
#TruthOfLife
#DrSeuss
688 reads
2 Comments
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