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Title: Pocket Book of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash, Louis Untermeyer ISBN: 0-671-72789-3 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Clever, light-hearted poetry
Comment: I don't really enjoy reading poetry, and I don't suggest reading volumes of poetry at a time. I do, however, suggest reading this book of Ogden Nash, reading the poems individually instead of as a collection. Some may find his verse stupid, some simple, but I find it charming.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Genius of Comic Poetry
Comment: Often unheard of poet, Ogden Nash, serves as a reminder that poetry itself does not need to be mushy, polite or romantic. Or for that matter psychological, philisophical or religious. Nash's poetry, written from the early 20's to the late 50's is remark on the social niceties. A critique of the love-hate relationship of men and women. A funny peek into the lives of animals. And silly stories for the sake of being silly. The uniqueness in Nash's work is not the poetry itself, but his play with words. Its clear he does not take language seriously at all which allows him to mix and maneuver words to create new ones that will create a genuine laugh. Such as: "Well I have learned that life is something about which you can't conclude anything except that it is full of vicissitudes. And when you expect logic you only come across eccentricitudes." The other aspect of Nash's writing is his outlaw verse where, although things rhyme, the rythm is thown askew.
"I know that a year has rolled around once more
When I find myself thumbing a crisp new cigarette lighter just like the coven of other cigarette lighters strewn on a shelf in the garage along with the broken tire chains and the license plates for 1934."
Nash's work was surely ahead of its time and I am dleighted to have come across such remarkable work. I highly reccomend this, not just to poetry lovers, but also to those that appreciate language and humor.
Rating: 4
Summary: Ogden Nash great book
Comment: This was an excellent book if u are in the dumps and want to laugh, I sure did, it pulled me out of my 12 year depression, after i read this book i decided to go after my life long dream of becoming...
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Title: Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics, and Poems by Ogden Nash ISBN: 1884822304 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Candy Is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash, Linell Smith, Isabel Eberstadt, Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0233988920 Publisher: Carlton Books Limited Pub. Date: 1994 |
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Title: Ogden Nash's Zoo by Etienne Delessert ISBN: 0941434958 Publisher: Stuart, Tabori and Chang Pub. Date: 15 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: I Wouldn't Have Missed It: Selected Poems of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash ISBN: 0316598305 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Pub. Date: 01 September, 1975 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
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Title: The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash ISBN: 0316590312 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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