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5 Ogden Nash Books by Little Brown and Company 1935 - 1942 inside cover. All beautiful condition. Red Material Cover, Black with Engraved Gold Design and Words. Older Fashioned Paper with Feathered Edges.Published Simultaneously in Canada By McClelland and Stewart Limited ... Read more

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Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971) - Thanks for the Laughs! RIP
Ogden Nash
(American poet; born 1902; died 1971)

I love Ogden Nash perhaps because my father was such a devotee of Nash and was always eager to share his love of the author's humor by readinghis poetry aloud to our family. Nash'spun-like rhymes, sometimes with words deliberately misspelled for comic effect.

Nash often wrote in an exaggerated verse form with pairs of lines that rhyme, but are of dissimilar length and irregular meter.


The Ant
by Ogden Nash

The ant has made himself illustrious
Through constant industry industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?

I was probably one of the few 6-year old kids in San Diego with any knowledge of the word formic acid.
This purchase facilitated the opportunity to relive pleasurable past experiences.
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An Anthology of the Best and Favorite Poems of America's Lighthearted Laureate ... Read more

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Ogden Nash's first new collection of verse since "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" was published in 1938. Mr. Nash---the poet, storyteller in verse, the commentator on the human heart---is as witty and barbed as ever on such subjects as niblicks, diets, Ubblebubs, lather, antiques, and termites. ... Read more

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One yummy book of poetry!
It's a shame this book is out of print, because it's truly wonderful.Ogden Nash takes a serious subject--food, of course--and turns it into just another vehicle for his delightful comedy.Many of the poems are brief,but the laughs are not ("Candy/Is dandy/But liquor/Is quicker"). The illustrations by Etienne Delessert just make the poems all the moresavory--these gelatinous watercolors couldn't be a more perfect (orhilarious) accompaniment to Nash.They can best be described as Nashtranslated into visual form.For a tasty literary and visual snackanytime, I always turn to this book.I would advise all lovers of witty,inventive poetry to try to get this book. ... Read more

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Poetic fun for all ages
Nash's verse blends sense and nonsense in a way that all makes sense--with odd observations, words made up or transformed just to make the rhyme scheme, and idiosyncratic metaphors and analogies. Read them aloud, to your parents, your children, your students, your teachers, your friends. You get the idea.

Poetry as fun
Ogden Nash is a poet
But he doesn't noet

If you love lines that do not bother too much about archaic rules of spelling and poetry, and are out to have fun, then here is a world you cannot miss.

This book is best enjoyed read aloud, with a few friends, with a few drinks:-)

fun
it is a fun read

Poems Peppered with Puns
Being poem-illiterate, this book came by as a pleasant surprise to me.
This book isa collection of light, humurous poems. Most of the poems are about children, but there are poems on other subjects too, like marriage. Children rule the roost though.

Its the kind of book when you glance through your book rack, spot this book, pick it up to read just one poem, but can't put it down until you have re-read all the poems. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to sit back and enjoy a humurous poem peppered with puns. And if you dislike children, this book is written for you.

Its a book that you got to have on your shelf.

Why is this man so uncelebrated?
Nash's work is too often regarded as light and meaningless; admittedly some of the work is very much "of it's time" now, but it is largely rich, diverse, insightful and wonderfully clever.
The rhymes are complex and intriguing and form great volumes of biting social comment. They are deliciously constructed and achingly funny at times.
Yet he seems to be an almost forgotten "Children's" poet, even if this were the case, are not some writers for Children so good as to far exceed the virtues of those who write for adults?
Rhold Dahl, J K Rowlins, Lewis Carrol and E Nesbitt spring to mind, Nash needs also to be on that hallowed list.
He really should be regarded as an American National treasure! ... Read more

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To touch your heart
While reading, David Stuart's THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF OGDEN NASH, I learned of the out-of-print book by Linell Nash Smith entitled, LOVING LETTERS FROM OGDEN NASH: A FAMILY ALBUM. I immediately found and purchased a copy from the out-of-print section of amazon.com.I am so glad I did.

Stuart offers a very unflattering portrayal of Ogden's wife Frances.She appears like an exploitive, mean-spirited person.After reading Ogden's letters to her, it is obvious that my interpretation of Stuart's biography is grossly inaccurate.Frances Nash is a quiet person who was devoted wife and mother.I suspect that Stuart misinterpreted her shyness as being aloof.As I read Ogden's emotionally intense letters, I can easily see how a shy person would be reluctant to share her inner feelings with the general public.I understand that Frances' letters (her replies) have been destroyed. This is sad. If I could speak to Frances Nash, I'd ask her to read DATA SMOG by David Shenk. She would be assured that the most private place to store her letters is in a public place (i.e., Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter").

I love our age of information technology.However, because of it we have lost the art of letter writing. Email is not the same as receiving a letter from the US Post Office. The elegance of Ogden's passion for Frances would have never reached its intensity via email. If you want proof, read EMAIL: A LOVE STORY by Stephanie D. Fletcher.

Nearly 700 letters were written to Frances. This equals one letter every 2 ½ days when Ogden and Frances were apart. Most interestingly, the passion found in Ogden's letters did not waver after they were married.These letters are delightfully charming and heart warming - even for a cynical person.Reading Ogden's letters can help one restore faith in humanity.

Ogden Nash
A popular writer in the '30's this is a compulation of letters to family etc.He has a style and wit that is charming and makes a comfortable read.His devotion to his wife, Frances, and his children is heartwarming and ever present in his letters.It causes you to realize the lost art of letter writing and the ease which now-a-days people communicate.There are also wonderful family photos and mentions of famous people who were his friends during that era. ... Read more