Poems by Ogden Nash
The Squab
... Toward a better world I contribute my modest smidgin ...
The Sunset Years of Samuel Shy
... Like the locusts that swarm every seventeen years ...
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
... But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard ...
The Termite
... Some primal termite knocked on wood ...
The Turtle
... The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks ...
The Wasp
... He throws open his nest with prodigality, ...
Tin Wedding Whistle
... When with friends to bridge you drive ...
To A Small Boy Standing On My Shoes While I Am Wearing Them
... My shoes are shined and my trousers are pressed, ...
To My Valentine
... I love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch, ...
Two Dogs HaveI
... We thought our little dog would love him, ...
Very Like a Whale
... metaphor. Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons or Celts, ...
What Almost Every Woman Knows Sooner Or Later
... think that you are up to some kind of black magic like a priestess of Voodoo ...
What's The Use?
... . . Have you seen yourself retreating ...
Will Consider Situation
... When anybody tells you that hard jobs are better for you than soft jobs be sure ...
Winter Complaint
... Will I take a chance of spreading them ...
