The Ant, by Ogden Nash (best American poet ever)

[Richardo]

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?

:rofl:

What's your favorite Ogden Nash poem?

[miss_american_pie]

1. Candy is dandy

but liquor is quicker.

Seriously though, A Lady who thinks she is thirty.

[Common Sense Party]

2. The problem with a kitten is that

Eventually, it becomes a cat.



I loved Ogden Nash when I was a young'un.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Here's my favorite Ogden Nash:

I think that I shall never see

A billboard lovely as a tree...

Indeed, unless the billboards fall,

I'll never see a tree at all!


He is SO cool.....

I hadn't heard yours before, my dear Richardo........

:loveya: :pals:

[asthmaticeog]

4. The Panther

The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.

[Common Sense Party]

5. I love that one, too.

Anybody know where I can read some of those classic Ogden Nash poems on the web? I'd like to see how my daughters like them.

[Bossy Monkey]

6. I've got one I thought was Nash, but googling turns up sites that credit

Kipling:
There once was a man from Quebec
who was buried in snow to his neck
When asked, "Is you friz?"
He replied, "Yes I iz,
but we don't call this cold in Quebec."

Dammit, it sounds like Nash anyway!

[AllegroRondo]

7. The Octopus

Tell me, oh Octopus, I begs
is those things arms,
or is they legs?

If I were you, oh Octopus,
I'd call me "us".

[FuzzySlippers]

8. The Centipede

I objurgate the centipede,
A bug we do not really need.
At sleepy-time he beats a path
Straight to the bedroom or the bath.
You always wallop where he’s not,
Or, if he is, he makes a spot.



My sentiments exactly! :-)