Ogden Nash Poet

1902 to 1971

Ogden Nash was a very clever poet of a different sort. You can call his rhymes a little silly, but I see them as truth with a smile.

                  I'll give you two of his jolly rhymes, 

                 Before I make you suffer through mine. 

From Ogden Nash:

The fly

God in his wisdom made the fly

And then forgot to tell us why

A Word to Husbands

To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.

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And now my poor rhymes to follow

Knowing it may be hard to swallow

But please try to smile and don't call it trash

After all, I am no Ogden Nash

I liked this poem when I wrote it

But I was drunk at the time

My professor didn't like it a bit

He said nothing I wrote could rhyme

But to me it sounded just fine

I awoke with a wide open yawn

Only to find it's not dawn

So I jumped out of bed

Turning pages I read

And found it was really quite sad

But reading at midnight it's really not bad

I once knew a woman, Lenore

But I'll stop it right there

Because I think you've heard it before

I don't like dogs that shed

Especially when one's in my bed

But now that Rover is dead

The only hairs on the bed

Are the ones on top of my heard.

Do yourself a favor! Read some more of Ogden Nash's poetry and try to do some yourself!