Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nashwas an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry". Nash wrote over 500 pieces of comic verse. The best of his work was published in 14 volumes between 1931 and 1972...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 August 1902
CityTown Of Rye, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Door: What a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.
Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways.
To Tom Carlson or his dog-depending on whose taste it best suits.
I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed by milky eye. She seems to pant, Time up, time up! My little dog must die, And lie in dust with Hector's pup; I So, presently, must I.
A dog's best friend is his illiteracy.
The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
The camel has a single hump;/ The dromedary, two;/ Or else the other way around./ I'm never sure. Are you?
Beneath this slab/ John Brown is stowed./ He watched the ads,/ And not the road.
Every Englishman knows one thing - that to be an Englishman is the best thing there is.
Bankers are just like everyone else only richer.
Bankers are just like anybody else, except richer
Now, anybody whom a German hates, He presently exterminates, But he who exterminates a French Is never safe from Gallic revenge, But he who gets even with a German Is obliterated like a vermin