Short Nash Poems

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Premium Member Clerihew Nash

Englishman Paul Nash
with pastoral art made quite a splash
An artist between two world wars
juxtaposing style by the score
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Frederick Ogden Nash

Frederick Ogden Nash did a lot more than sling hash his poetical humor knew no bounds and his writing never failed to astound
Form: Clerihew

To John Nash June Half Again

. . . . . . . The genius of theory ~

                         HALF AGAIN IS ~ TWICE AS MUCH 
                                   AS THE FIRST PART!

     Have a good year ~ the last half!!!

Premium Member Clerihew Nash

John Northcote Nash
with Bucks cornfields* did make a splash
Like his talented brother Paul
an artist worthy to recall

*https://shop.townereastbourne.org.uk/products/nash-john-the-cornfield
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Setting Ogden Nash Straight

     Ogden Nash penned these two lines
        ‘How odd of God
           to choose the Jews’

     My reply across the times 
        ‘God would never choose
           ~ a people who would lose’
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Poet Ogden Nash

Here's a salute to Poet Ogden Nash,

   Who was notable for being quite brash!

      He was much more wittier

         Than John Greenleaf Whittier,

            Concocting reams of clever balderdash!
Form: Limerick

Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash would often dash
A poem off in a flash
But too many words 
Killed too many birds
And often wound up in the trash

He was surely amusing
But sometimes confusing
Some words I would look up
In order to hook up
Without winding up losing
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Ogden Nash

I revere the witty verse of Ogden Nash,

   Whose versifications are so waggish and brash!

      His work elicited from the masses many a guffaw.

         Alas, he met his doom after consuming infected slaw!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Diane Nash

Honorable, legendary civil rights pioneer, Diane Nash
A cherished treasure that can't be purchased with cash 

 A great American. An enduring heroine to the nation 
   Her fierce activism helped end racial segregation



Date written 11/17/2022
Form: Clerihew

I No Longer Like Nash

I no longer like Nash,
At him teeth gnash;
A chance and his head bash
For being grossly rash
In his spending of cash
Over a bought sash

All his reasons “Thrash”
To him like a child trash!

I shall no longer see Nash,
For it shall end in a crash,
Now quite sure he’s brash…

Indeed, this way Nash
To another I’ll dash!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Paraphrasing John Nash

The following is me paraphrasing,
John Nash, 
one of the most brilliant, amazing, 
Nobel Prize winning mathematicians;
"My whole life has been numbers of varied equations, 
searching for answers to problems and their solutions,
and in summation I have come to this ultimate conclusion,
It Is Only Through The Equation Of Love 
That Truly Gives Our Lives Any Meaning,
whether that love be for someone or for some thing."
Form: Rhyme

With My Apologies To Ogden Nash

The Following is the poem "Lama" by Ogden Nash


The one l - lama
He's a priest.
The two l - llama
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three - L lllama.

My version of the lines Nash missed.

But Mr. Nash
I must insist
On an addition
To your list.
The three l - lllama's
Clang and din
Brings cries of “Fire!”
In Brooklyn.



Yes I should be publicly flogged in a poetry forum!  An old joke but still a good one.
Form: Rhyme

Poem I Prepared Reminded Me of Ogden Nash

Poem I Prepared Reminded Me of Ogden Nash

Rhinoceros may be related  to hippopotamus;
Synonymous and anonymous in a metropolis;
Both together do live;
Each other bath give;
Thought appeared to be purely preposterous.

Have you been laughing yet,
Read my poem with regret;
Live in rafter,
Or hereafter;
A moron like me have met.

What you did do was dubious
Matter becoming mischievous;
Handle with care;
Even when bare,
And to fact are now oblivious.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

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