This one is a special day
This one is a special day
with reverent thoughts I smile and say
“Happy birthday to the man
who’s rhyming life, a fan I am”
On Mount Crumpit a creature whom Karloff and Carrey
gave glimpses of life both saddened and scary
did learn from a ‘who’, who taught in a pinch
that Christmas is for all, yes even a ____________
A fantastically furry and flamboyant feline
Whom Myers admired, we all would opine
that 1 and 2 Things and a fish may think that
trouble may follow a _____ in a _______
I heard a who in Who-ville speak
So in specks of dust I now must peek
“Cause whether you’re famous, big or small
a person’s a person, no matter how small”*
Chartreuese or Emerald; Fern, olive or jade
Shamrock or persian, could all be the shade
Whether camo, or mint is yet to be seen
But one thing is for sure, eggs and ham are now ____________
Hops on Pops are very good things
And Yings are things that like to sing
Foxes in sox(es) occur as they may
in imagined worlds where we dream to play
Wockets in pockets are only the start
of crazy adventures dear to our heart
From Marvin K. Mooneys to Hooper Humperdinks
Our minds run free, Oh how he made us to think
Once we as children, now parents, these books
So ingrained in our mind, that nary a look
at the words on the page for they’ve lodged in our mind
as we snuggle precious ones, speaking all words in rhyme
So some day as my son’s son reads the words
That mom shared with me and made my mind stir
I pray that the dreams of a child are made loose
Because of the words of the late Dr. Seuss
Happy Birthday Dr. Theodor Seuss Geissel
March 2, 1904
by Jeff Anderson*
except for “Cause whether you’re famous, big or small
a person’s a person, no matter how small” taken from “Horton Hears a Who!”
and the obvious names of the books and characters
Where credit is due(all books and movies referenced above):