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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."
Candy is dandy,
but liquor is quicker -- ON
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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)
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Jacobi photo (c) US Postal Service
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