A Pome. Or two

[MizTina]

By the very departed Edwin Markham.

Outwitted:

"He drew a circle that shut us out,
heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.

But love and I had wit to win,
we drew a circle that took him in."

Dunno why I've always liked this, but I heard it once when I was a kid and never forgot it. More odd, considering that I thought Odgen Nash was a brilliant poet. Especially this one:

"If called by a panther,
don't anther."

Pure genius!

[wonder lust]

More wonderful Ogden Nash:

The old dog barks backward without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup.

and, of course...

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

[Miller]

Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin',
What the heck have you been drinkin'?
Is it water? Is it wine?
Oh my god, it's turpentine!

-Abraham Lincoln

[Musicat]

Originally Posted by wonder lust

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

Candy is dandy, liquor is quicker, but sex won't rot your teeth.

(--Helen Gurley Brown?)

My favorite Ogden Nash, written on the back of a postcard he sent to his family while on vacation:

On the shores of Lake Michigan,
I bit into a White Fishigan.

Or:

A mighty creature is the germ,
Though smaller than the pachyderm.
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
You probably contain a germ.

Or:

The pig, if I am not mistaken,
Supplies us sausage, ham and bacon.
Let others say his heart is big --
I call it stupid of the pig.

And:

The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.

[C K Dexter Haven]

The Axolotl

I've never met an axolotl,
But Harvard has one in a bottle,
Perhaps -- and at the thought I shiver --
The very villain from Fall River,
WHere Lizzie Borden took an axolotl
And gave her mother forty whaxalotl.

Tarragon

There are certain people
Whom certain herbs
The good digestion of disturbs.
Henry VIII
Divorced Catherine of Aragon
Because of her reckless use of tarragon.


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I think we should start an Ogden Nash Appreciation thread in Cafe Society.

[Musicat]

Originally Posted by C K Dexter Haven

I think we should start an Ogden Nash Appreciation thread in Cafe Society.

If we do, let's keep it short. Like:

Catsup

First a little
Then a lottle.

[MizTina]

Odgen Nash fans, how freaking fabulous! My day is made, thank you.