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Ogden Nash ﻿(1902-1971) "Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for."

[] Ogden Nash lived an interesting life that was peaceful but stressful. "In 1931, he married Francis Rider Leonard and had two children together." ("Ogden Nash") After this was when he decided to start writing poetry. In the 1950s, Ogden Nash started writing poetry for children. "He became the author of three MGM plays and appeared on radio and television." (//Ogden Nash//) Nash started getting some of his ideas from visiting a rodeo when he saw a man walking with his wife and son. He took what he saw and elaborated on that factor. Nash's poems were interesting, strange, but original poems. For example, he made them flow and have rhythm, but they were about interesting topics. Ogden Nash was successful in life from writing so many poems.

Many people have influenced Ogden Nash about writing poetry. One of these people being his wife. It was until after they were married that he started writing poetry. When Nash was at a rodeo, he saw a man with his wife and son and it inspired him. He figured he could use this for one of his poems and elaborate on it. Another person that has inspired Nash is Dorothy Parker. Dorothy Parker wrote light verse poems also which inspired Nash to write light verse poems. Ogden Nash had major accomplishments throughout his life. One of the major accomplishments he made was writinfg children's books. Another accomplishment he made was producing plays for MGM. From producing these plays he was on television and on the radio. Ogden Nash had many people who influenced him to write poems and he had major accomplishments throughout his life.

Ogden Nash had written many poems and books throughout his life. Three poems that Nash wrote were "The Ant", "The Hippopotamus", and "The Centipede". Ogden Nash wrote a lot of poetry not only of this, but about different things also.

Ogden Nash did not attract many literary critics because most people liked his work. Nash knew a lot about grammar and spelling and always had that right, so most critics thought he was good at writing poetry and books. He knew a lot about different languages which helped him with his work also. Ogden Nash did not have many people judge him with literary criticism because he knew what he was doing with poetry.

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These very same girls Who with me have grown older Now freely relax with a head on my shoulder, And now come the kisses, A flood in full spate, The meaningless kisses, too many too late. They kiss me hello, They kiss me goodbye, Should I offer a light, there's a kiss for reply. They kiss me at weddings, They kiss me at wakes, The drop of a hat is less than it takes. They kiss me at cocktails, They kiss me at bridge, It's all automatic, like slapping a midge. The sound of their kisses Is loud in my ears Like the locusts that swarm every seventeen years.

I'm arthritic, dyspeptic, Potentially ulcery, And weary of kisses by custom compulsory. Should my dear ones commit me As senile demential, It's from kisses perfunctory, inconsequential. Answer, O Parcae, For fain would I know, Where were these kisses three decades ago?

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//Ogden Nash//. Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. 30 April 2011 .

Padgett, Ron. //World Poets//. Vol. 2. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 2000. "Review of I Wouldn’t Have Missed It." Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. 2 May 2011 .