Frederic Ogden Nash foi um poeta estadunidense conhecido por sua poesia humorística.
Por ocasião de sua morte, vítima da doença de Crohn, o New York Times publicou: "Ogden Nash, cujo verso divertido com suas rimas não convencionais fez dele o mais conhecido produtor de poesia humorística do país, morreu ontem no Hospital Johns Hopkins, em Baltimore.
== Referências ==
Wikipedia
“Uma porta é o que o cão sempre está do lado contrário.”
A door is what the dog is perpetually on the wrong side of
"The private dining room, and other new verses" - Página 69, de Ogden Nash - Editora Little, Brown, 1953 - 169 páginas
“Meia-idade é quando já se conheceu tanta gente, que cada pessoa que se conhece lembra alguém.”
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
"Versus" - Página 14, de Ogden Nash - Editora Little, Brown, 1949 - 169 páginas
“A dificuldade com um gatinho é que, eventualmente, ele se torna um gato.”
The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat
The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash - Página 72, de Ogden Nash - Editora Little, Brown and company, 1940 - 352 páginas
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Good Intentions (1942), So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Good Intentions (1942), Seeing Eye to Eye is Believing
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Pretty Halcyon Days
Many Long Years Ago (1945), The Tale of Custard the Dragon
“Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut.”
Smoot Smites Smut
Contexto: Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut.
Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
And his reverend occiput.
Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
Grit your molars and do your dut.,
Gird up your l__ns,
Smite h_p and th_gh,
We'll all be Kansas
By and by.
"England Expects"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
"The Porcupine" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-porcupine/
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"Adventures of Isabel" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adventures-of-isabel/
“Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?”
"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Children's Party
“I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.”
"A Clean Conscience Never Relaxes"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Lady Thinks She Is Thirty
“How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!”
"A Necessary Dirge"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Good Intentions (1942), So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Will Notice"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
“The further through life I drift
The more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.”
"A Penny Saved Is Impossible"
Good Intentions (1942)
"The Politician"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
It has been dated to at least 1927 http://www.fun-with-words.com/shortest_poem.html, as published in the Mt Rainier Nature News Notes (1 July 1927).
Misattributed
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"The Hippopotamus" http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/848.html
“May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
I wish to retire till the party's over.”
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Children's Party
"Most Doctors Recommend or Yours For Fast Fast Fast Relief" in The Old Dog Barks Backwards (1972)