I've been indulging in reading some of the poetry of Ogden Nash and decided to try my hand at writing in his style. What do you think? Is there any interest in more such doggerel?

All feedback appreciated.

Joy,
Lynn

Hi Lynn!

I always did wonder how anyone could confuse a flying man with a bird, plane, or anything else. And why they sounded so excited by it. Fun little poem, even if I'm not familiar with the author/style (I never did understand the poetry section of literature classes - but I did enjoy the flow/wording of certain poems).

Thanks for sharing! You did a great job!

Great job, Lynn!

Will be happy to read any further submissions from your muse.

Hi DC,

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed this poem. Even if you don't usually get into poetry, you might find Ogden Nash an exception -- his poetry is sort of like Robert Frost meets Dr. Seuss: A combination of folksiness and fun. If you are interested in checking out an example of his work, I would suggest The Octopus.

Joy,
Lynn

Hi Cuidadora,

Thank you. Thalia (my muse) is currently eyeing Lois as the next possible target of the Nash treatment.

Joy,
Lynn

This is great, Lynn! I'm a big Nash fan, and it's good to know he's not forgotten. Several years ago, I read a book that was partly a compilation of some of his best work, reminiscences from friends and family, and a biographical overview. The biography part claimed that Ogden wasn't as happy-go-lucky here-I-am-where's-the-party that his poems suggest, that he was actually a little bitter and angry. Of course, it's possible that he was less than happy at some seasons in his life, but I doubt that an angry, bitter man could make people laugh so easily with such silly words.

Tell Thalia that I'm waiting for her to give Lois the "Nash treatment." Just keep her away from Polly and Trope, please.

And especially Harley.

(Couldn't find a "shiver" smiley. This emoticon will have to suffice.) (( ´ д｀))

Hi Terry,

Always happy to learn of another Nash fan. :-)

Thanks for the biographical tidbits, as saddening as they were. I hope you are correct and that his unhappiness was acute rather than chronic. Were there any hints that he might have had bipolar disorder? That could be one way to reconcile his writings with what you read.

Thalia has given me one verse for Lois. It could stand on its own, but I want to wait a little longer to post it to see whether a second verse follows.

I'm also changing the title of the original poem to emphasize that it is now the first in a series.

Joy,
Lynn

What a hoot!

@Lynn S.M. : I looked for any information on the Web about Nash's alleged bitterness, but was unable to find anything one way or the other. It might be as you suggest, that he might have been a bit bipolar. Or, maybe the person revealing the information had an axe of his/her own to grind and deliberately gave out some misinformation about him. So I'm going with "he was a fun guy to be around under most circumstances" as a fallback position.

Neither Trope nor Polly are interested in Nash-style poetry, so it looks like they're not planning to subvert Thalia. So I'm thinking that it's been a little while since we saw the original, the Lois verse hasn't been published yet (unless I missed it somehow), and if you don't give us something soon I'll have to track down some of Nash's work to get my fix.

Any time now!

Is it posted yet?

Hi Terry,

Thanks for the update vis-a-vis Nash's outlook.

It's always worthwhile to get some Nash poetry straight from the source, but I will post my Lois Lane pastiche to tide you over until you can do so.

Thank you,
Lynn

Morgana,

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The second installment in this series has just been posted.

Joy,
Lynn