A comparison between the Odyssey and Seuss's "You're only old once"
[link|http://www.muohio.edu/~delucej/senectus/essays/hubacher.html|Homer Meets Dr. Seuss]
Another master of poetry with a Seuss-esq spin was Shel Silverstein. [link|http://www.geocities.com/selyfriday/Silverstein/bookgiv.html|The Giving Tree] is amazing, IMHO. (Beware it's a Geocities link so there'll be a popup...)
Cheers,
Scott.