View Shel Silverstein Poems The Giving Tree Images. Shel silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. The giving tree poem by shel silverstein.
Even though silverstein's poems are meant to be written for children he attended roosevelt university.
One editor at simon & schuster described it as too sad for kids and too simple for adults, while. Shel silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves. Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said, come, boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy.