Ogden Nash

Bria is always putting such beautiful poems and sonnets on her blog. I'm afraid that Ogden Nash is just not the same thing, but I love his rhymes/poems just as much as a beautiful sonnet!

THE FLY
The Lord in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.

THE PANTHER
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered,
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.

THE CENTIPEDE
I objurgate the centiped,
A bug we do not really need.
At sleep-time he beats a path
Straight to the bedroom or the bath.
You always wallop where he's not,
Or, if he is, he makes a spot.

CELERY
Calery, raw
Develops the jaw,
But celery stewed,
Is more quietly chewed.

Now that i'm on the subject of nonsense poems:

LITTLE WILLIE
Willie saw some dynamite,
Couldn't understand it quite;
Curiosity seldom pays:
It rained Willie seven days.

CARELESS WILLIE
Willie, with a thirst for gore
Nailed his sister to the door.
Mother said, with humor quaint:
"Now, Willie dear, don't scratch the paint."

SISTER NELL
In the family drinking well
Willie pushed his sister Nell.
She's there yet,
Because it kilt her--
Now we have to buy a filter.

Okay, let's even this out.

NIGHT
Sara Teasdale

Stars over snow,
And in the west a planet
Swinging below a star--
Look for a lovely thing and you will find it,
It is not far--
It never will be far.

A BOOK
Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!

Okay. I'm "poetried" out. I am feeling like Bria, though...