Comic Poet (1902 - 1971)

He had the fortune – for us – to be buried in New Hampshire. But humorist and poet Ogden Nash grew up in New York and Georgia. He attended school in Rhode Island and attended, but did not finish college at Harvard. If his terse poems read like advertising copy, it's not accident since he began work writing ads. His poems were perfect for the clever New Yorker in its hey-day and he joined the staff there in 1932. In all he wrote 19 books of poetry and 1,500 poems have been catalogued. In an odd final twist, Nash, a New Yorker, died in Baltimore, but was buried in North Hampton, NH. Nash was the first American chosen to grace the 37 cent postage stamp in 2002, the centennial of his birth. The official Post Office press release states: "A gentle satirist, Nash poked fun at human shortcomings without pessimism. He wrote on many subjects, but all of his poems expressed his dry wit and demonstrated his playfulness with language."

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OGDEN NASH LINKS

OGDEN NASH BOOKS ON AMAZON.com

BIOGRAPHY

Ogden on 37-cent US Stamp
Includes a superb biography by Frances R. Smith (Ogden Nash's Granddaughter)

A Tribute to Ogden Nash
Brief bio and more online poems

That Olde Feeling: Ode to Ogden
An essay by Time columnist Richard Corliss

Nash Reads Nash (audio)
A 1954 reading archive from the BBC and comments about him

A Good Bad Poet
Biography from a centennial exhibit at Univ of Texas with finding aid to the collection in Austin

American Poets
original biography and a selection of poems

Kid's Report on Nash

Nash Bibliography

Nash Tombstone in NH

Nash Stamp Celebrated in North Hampton, NH

Ogden Nash Day (August 19, 2002) in NH

ONLINE POETRY

The Plagiarist Online Poems
Largest online collection we found

Kids Page Poems

All Time Best Poets
A half dozen poems from a large collection (click HOME for more)

A Collection of Nash Poems and Short Verse

Wisdom Page, Poems by Category

Teacher Resource Guide for Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash Online
A couple dozen searchable poems

Ogden on Mermaids (Audio)
A home-made site with music and pictures

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