August 19
OGDEN NASH DAY
The poet famous for his strange but funny rhymes of nonsense was born on this day in 1902.
“Undeniably brash
Was young Ogden Nash
Whose notable verse
Was admirably terse
And written with panache.”
Ogden Nash, the undisputed American master of light verse, wrote quite frequently for The New Yorker. He also had several of his pun-filled poems published. These collections include The Bad Parent’s Garden of Verse, which he wrote in 1936 and the popular 1957 collection titled, You Can’t Get There from Here.
One of his most well-known couplets from Reflections on Ice-Breaking reads: “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
Mr. Nash had fun with just about any subject. Consider this little ditty from his observations at the dinner table: “Celery, raw, develops the jaw. But celery, stewed, is more quietly chewed.”
Try a few yourself. It’s a lot of fun. As Mr. Nash might say:
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