tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post6847361984749063425..comments2024-03-26T23:45:35.573-04:00Comments on Typings: Ogden Nash (#PoemForAThursday)reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-11296524060447088842021-07-16T19:12:00.139-04:002021-07-16T19:12:00.139-04:00I hadn't realized until recently that a bunch ...I hadn't realized until recently that a bunch of them were illustrated by Maurice Sendak.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-72515234277319668772021-07-16T13:48:06.671-04:002021-07-16T13:48:06.671-04:00Wow, amazing! And what a gorgeous character-filled...Wow, amazing! And what a gorgeous character-filled collection. Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-3542313030335577852021-07-15T07:17:10.919-04:002021-07-15T07:17:10.919-04:00Oh my goodness. I had no idea that Ogden Nash was ...Oh my goodness. I had no idea that Ogden Nash was so cleverly delightful. <br /><br />You've sent me off into my day with a happy smile.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-20967217759095856172021-07-15T00:53:51.449-04:002021-07-15T00:53:51.449-04:00Glad you enjoyed it! The short ones are so much fu...Glad you enjoyed it! The short ones are so much fun, but the long ones can be great, too.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-5990287537226730732021-07-14T22:18:35.472-04:002021-07-14T22:18:35.472-04:00I've enjoyed Nash's shorter rhymes forever...I've enjoyed Nash's shorter rhymes forever, but this magnificent poem took my breath away.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-31699422653208604632021-07-08T21:50:49.128-04:002021-07-08T21:50:49.128-04:00He is such fun!He is such fun!reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-64200963319194394222021-07-08T12:37:19.427-04:002021-07-08T12:37:19.427-04:00Nash's poems always make me smile!Nash's poems always make me smile! Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-16612947933835494342021-07-08T11:19:16.383-04:002021-07-08T11:19:16.383-04:00I think Walt Kelly's pretty great, too. And ca...I think Walt Kelly's pretty great, too. And capable of poetry, Deck the Halls, etc.<br /><br />That sort of being intelligent & funny on a regular basis in a newspaper used to be a thing, Don Marquis, too, but it gradually moved from the columns to the comics, and then the comics started to get tiny.<br /><br />And now? Well, newspapers used to be a thing, too... reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-89746351425902793802021-07-08T11:08:14.271-04:002021-07-08T11:08:14.271-04:00Nash is ludicrously wonderful. i'm not surpri...Nash is ludicrously wonderful. i'm not surprised he wrote the whole poem just so he could use "Gorgon Zola", lol... i might have one of his books around somewhere; i envy your collection... somehow i equate Nash with Walt Kelly, another zany brain, even tho he composed cartoons instead of prose... i distinctly recall falling out of a chair with laughter at a very young age, reading about the antics of Pogo and Albert the Alligator; not on the same level, tho, i suppose...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com