Hello, welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Welden. This week we

wanted to release a bonus episode in case Max Goodname was too long or spooky

for the little ones. In honor of Shell Silverstein, the great children's poet

whose birthday is next week, we recorded five silly poems and put them together

for you. Today we'd like to say a special thank you to Valentina and Emilio

and their family and Johanna and her family. Thank you for helping to support

our show Valentina Emilio and Johanna. You are part of what makes it possible

for us to continue to produce fun new stories for our listeners. If you would

also like to support our show and receive a thank you in a future episode,

please head to patreon.com slash stories and make a pledge, then send an

email to Amanda at storiespodcast.com and tell us who to thank. Hi, I'm Landon

Wittsen and I host an episode of Who's Amazing Life, a Wondory podcast for

kids and families. In the plant doctor, you've always loved plants but when you

leave home in search of new opportunities, you discover that your passion for

bulbs and blooms can help others and maybe even change the world. Listen to the

plant doctor and other incredible stories from Who's Amazing Life on Amazon

music or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks, enjoy the episode.

If you want to be a poet, if you want to be a poet, sit and write one every day and if you want to

play jazz saxophone, then you just play, play, play. And if you want to be a singer,

belt a chorus every verse and if you want to be an actress, grab a script and just rehearse.

But remember, if your poems need an audience, I'll don my go T and tweed. And if you wear out

that old saxophone, I'll be right there with a reed and if your throat gets scratchy,

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