Shel Silverstein had many other arts besides just writing poems. He also loved writing songs, writing books, music, composing, drawing cartoons, and screenwriting. Shel Silverstein was a cartoonist for Pacific Stars and Stripes. He also was hired as a cartoonist for many popular poems. Later on he wrote a album called Hairy Jazz. Some of the songs in this album are Ragged but Right, Pass me By, and Kitchen Man. Shel Silverstein loved to do a lot of artistic and entertaining things. He was very good at what he did.