 Poetry: April 12, 2006 Issue [#979] |
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Poetry! It comes in all styles and meanings. Some poems express personal feelings; others demonstrate a particular pattern. Most of us write some combination in between. I'll be offering advice on different styles and pointing out techniques to improve your poems. Enjoy  --John~Ashen
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Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
Frederic Ogden Nash was known as a master of whimsical, satirical poetry. He grew up in Georgia and New York. His light-hearted poems were published in the 1930s. He was a fan of the limerick, and he also made up words sometimes if he needed a rhyme.
As a young man, Ogden was a publicist at Doubleday Publishers. In his spare time, he scribbled little poems that he would later submit to the popular magazine The New Yorker. They loved his stuff, as did the public. While most people didn't care for poetry, Ogden's verses were short, humorous, and catchy. He joined The New Yorker later as an editor and helped develop that publication's particular sense of humor.
His personality served him well on radio programs and also early TV game shows. Ogden was very quotable and is know for short poetic phrases like "candy is dandy but liquor is quicker." He wrote collections of his poems and also children's books.
The Lama
by Ogden Nash
"The one-L lama,
He's a priest.
The two-L llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-L lllama.*
*The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh."
Everybody Tells Me Everything
by Ogden Nash
I find it very difficult to enthuse
Over the current news.
Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can grow no blacker, it worsens,
And that is why I do not like the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
The Shrimp
by Ogden Nash
A shrimp who sought his lady shrimp
Could catch no glimpse
Not even a glimp.
At times, translucence
Is rather a nuisance.
Here are some of his other titles:
 Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
Come On In, The Senility Is Fine
Further Reflections On Parsley
Goody For Our Side And Your Side Too
Just Keep Quiet And Nobody Will Notice
Peekabo, I Almost See You
Portrait Of The Artist As A Prematurely Old Man
So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Song To Be Sung By The Father Of Infant Female Children
The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus
You Can Be A Republican, I'm A Genocrat
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The Wasp
by Ogden Nash
The wasp and all his numerous family
I look upon as a major calamity.
He throws open his nest with prodigality,
But I distrust his waspitality.
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