Who is Ogden Nash

Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.

Early life

Nash was born in Rye, New York, the son of Mattie (Chenault) and Edmund Strudwick Nash. His father owned and operated an import–export company, and because of business obligations, the family often relocated. Nash was descended from Abner Nash, an early governor of North Carolina. The city of Nashville, Tennessee, was named after Abner's brother, Francis, a Revolutionary War general.Throughout his life, Nash loved to rhyme. "I think in terms of rhyme, and have since I was six years...
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Ogden Nash Poems

• The Middle
  When I remember bygone days
  I think how evening follows morn;
  So many I loved were not yet dead,
  So many I love were not yet born....
• Look What You Did, Christopher!
  In fourteen hundred and ninety-two,
  Someone sailed the ocean blue.
  Somebody borrowed the fare in Spain
  For a business trip on the bounding main, ...
• What's The Use?
  Sure, deck your limbs in pants,
  Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
  You look divine as you advance . . .
  Have you seen yourself retreating?...
• Old Dr. Valentine To His Son
  Your hopeless patients will live,
  Your healthy patients will die.
  I have only this word to give:
  Wonder, and find out why...
• A Drink With Something In It
  There is something about a Martini,
  A tingle remarkably pleasant;
  A yellow, a mellow Martini;
  I wish I had one at present. ...

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Ogden Nash Quotes

• An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.
• The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!
• A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
• Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave When they think that their children are nave.
• People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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Comments about Ogden Nash

• Nandiniv: there is an ogden nash style poem to be written on women waiting in a scan center to get their ultrasounds done, with belly-full of water but never enough. sigh.
• Chimpoverlord: progress might have been alright once, but it went on too long. -ogden nash
• Erskinetimes: on spring days in la, i feel like i’ve married one of shakespeare’s dreams (to borrow from the great ogden nash).
• Cyberalgo: “happiness is having a scratch for every itch.” —ogden nash
• Nickjismymuse: ogden nash was always a favorite as a kid. humorous.

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