Customer Reviews (4)

If you play Scrabble, keep a copy of this book near
This is a collection of the beat of Ogdenisms over a 30-year period. I really like his short verses as I can remember them when I am describing Ogden Nash to people. This book has 522 pages with more verses than pages. He never has problems with acquiring riming words, even thou the dictionaries fall short of containing them. This is the American way with English.

So when you play scrabble keep a copy of this next to the deficient dictionary

Poetry Manly and Wise
Let's plump down our cash
For the verses of Nash
Though they wink at both meter and rhyme.


Yes, let's plunk down our pence
For these poems make sense
At least, about half of the time.

Oh, who gives a fig for Bukowski or Collins
Or a solo played by the great Sonny Rollins?
Let all the old poets be backfilled and bogged-in
I only ask for more verses by Ogden.


----Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The and
the almost totally unpoetical novel bang BANG: A Novel ISBN 9781601640005

If you play Scrabble, keep a copy of this book near
This is a collection of the beat of Ogdenisms over a 30-year period. I really like his short verses as I can remember them when I am describing Ogden Nash to people. This book has 522 pages with more verses than pages. He never has problems with acquiring riming words, even thou the dictionaries fall short of containing them. This is the American way with English.

So when you play scrabble keep a copy of this next to the deficient dictionary

Collected Verse from 1929 on
A remarkable collection of poetry, wit, observations and reflections on life. Ideal for those who enjoy a chuckle. I have most pages turned over in this book, as it's such an entertaining read! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Vintage Nash
Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe inspiring and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

A WORD TO HUSBANDS

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.

Vintage Nash
Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe inspiring and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

A WORD TO HUSBANDS

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.

Vintage Nash
Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe inspiring and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

A WORD TO HUSBANDS

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.

Vintage Nash
Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe inspiring and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

A WORD TO HUSBANDS

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.

Vintage Nash
Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe inspiring and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

A WORD TO HUSBANDS

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.
... Read more