Ogden Nash poems

The Dog – Ogden Nash

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test, 
A wet dog is the lovingest. 

Grandpa is Ashamed – Ogden Nash

A child need not be very clever 
To learn that "Later, dear" means "Never."

Crossing the Border – Ogden Nash

Senescence begins
And middle age ends 
The day your descendents
Outnumber your friends.

Reflexions on Ice-Breaking – Ogden Nash

Candy
is dandy
But liquor
is quicker 

Introspective Reflection – Ogden Nash

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance
Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. 


Source: www.ogdennash.org/ogden_nash_poems.htm, retrieved 11/11/2014

Family Court – Ogden Nash

[1902–1971, American]

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one’s kin and kith
Were more fun to be with.

Source: Nash, O 1945, The selected verse of Ogden Nash, Modern Library.