April 21: One-a-Day in Celebration of National Poetry Month

Image from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 

by Jane Stahl

Shel Silverstein has a great idea: hugs, not tugs. I'm in!

Enjoy this delightful poem and "Opa" Volkert Volkersa's rendition in song. 

Hug O' War
 ~Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug-o'-war!
I'd rather play at hug-o'-war
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
And where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug
And where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone wins!

"Hug O' War," a Shel Silverstein poem set to music by "Opa" Volkert Volkersz: Hug O' War in song

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