Tuesday, April 6, 2010

100,000 Pennies Comments

Rating: 3.3

I broke into the bank on Sunday,
You should see the money I got.
I couldn't drag it home 'til Monday,
'Cause it sure weighed an awful lot.
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Shel Silverstein
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Bri Edwards 22 January 2023

WHO made a mistake? ? ? ? 100,000 pennies only equals 1,000 dollars, NOT 100,000 dollars. bri

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Bri Edwards 22 January 2023

The title is '100.000 Pennies', BUT the poem mentions 'a hundred thousand dollars worth of pennies

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Chinedu Dike 24 May 2021

A free flight of creativity on winged imagination. A beautiful work of art.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 May 2021

I like very much the two concluding lines! 5 Stars full for this amazing poem

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 May 2021

A hilarious poem as we are accustomed to read from the great North American Poet Shel Silverstein. Truly an excellent poem full of humor

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Jean_louis 23 May 2021

Loved it

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Delores Westbrook 14 July 2020

It was a waste of time to rob the bank.

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Ruta Mohapatra 20 June 2019

Light and pleasant! Thanks for sharing!

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Edward Kofi Louis 20 June 2019

To weigh yourself in life! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 20 June 2019

This is a beautiful poem on pennies and rich men with problem having brilliant expression.

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Aniruddha Pathak 20 June 2019

Refreshingly fresh and witty, loved reading it.

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Jane Campion 20 June 2019

Wonderfully written as a song.

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Adeeb Alfateh 20 June 2019

So I guess I'll just weigh myself again, And buy me another stick of gum, written on self great write great 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Bernard F. Asuncion 20 June 2019

one of the best poems by Shel Silverstein......................

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Ada Praise 10 February 2019

I want more poem on knowledge, l like your poem,l love you.

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Joann Hill 27 April 2018

Nice... to funny

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Dawn Novus 31 August 2017

Bahahaha. And inspiring. Witty, rhythmic, my typa poem.

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