The Resume

(November 23, 1932-May 10, 1999)
Wrote poetry books 'A Light in the Attic,' 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' and 'Falling Up'
Prose includes 'The Giving Tree,' 'Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back' and 'The Missing Piece'
Wrote songs 'A Boy Named Sue,' 'The Sliteree Dee,' 'The Flying Festoon' and 'Willowy Billowy Land'

Why he might be annoying:

He was thrown out at of the University of Illinois at Navy Pier after his freshman year.
He shaved his head.
He had dirty feet.
Shel never married but had two children.
He smoked.

Why he might not be annoying:

He doesn't use fancy words like 'twas and 'tis in his poems.
He was a lifelong contributor to Playboy Magazine.
He served in the US Army in Japan and Korea.
Children and adults can enjoy his poetry.
He wrote happy poems, sad poems, funny poems, and poems about misfits.
He poems usually had illustrations.
He was friends with Dustin Hoffman, Lenny Bruce and David Mamet.

Credit: SumoBear

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Cartoonists
• Children's Book Authors
• Dr. Demento's Top 100 (Or So) Demented Hits [Through 2011] (Ranked: 15)
• Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Grammy for Best Children's Album (Ranked: 1985)
• I am from Chicago
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [R-T]
• I Died in 1999 (Ranked: 67)
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Sing About Balloons
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 22)
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 24)
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 43)
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 51)
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Poet.org's Top 20 Poets [Spring 2006] (Ranked: 7)
• Poets
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4710)
• Red Hot Chili Pepper References
• Sony Put a Trojan on My CD
• SumoBear's Profiles
• Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children (Ranked: 7)
• Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children (Ranked: 14)
• Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children (Ranked: 86)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 53.25% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 107 Votes: 38.32% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 163 Votes: 44.17% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 194 Votes: 47.42% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 259 Votes: 44.02% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 311 Votes: 41.16% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 676 Votes: 42.60% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1298 Votes: 39.83% Annoying