Ogden Nash is one of globalgranary.life’s favourite poets. He’s fun and irreverent! His poetry is brimming with humour and wit.
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A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
~Ogden Nash
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THE FLY (1942)
God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forget to tell us why.
– Ogden Nash
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Samson Agonistes
by Ogden Nash
I test my bath before I sit,
And I’m always moved to wonderment
That what chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.
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The Romantic Age
by Ogden Nash
This one is entering her teens,
Ripe for sentimental scenes,
Has picked a gangling unripe male,
Sees herself in bridal veil,
Presses lips and tosses head,
Declares she’s not too young to wed,
Informs you pertly you forget
Romeo and Juliet.
Do not argue, do not shout;
Remind her how that one turned out.
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To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
~Ogden Nash
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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. ~Ogden Nash
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Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
– Ogden Nash
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The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.
~Ogden Nash
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To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.
– Ogden Nash