With Brian duly chastising me for my lack of appreciation of poetry, I was reminded of my favorite poet: Ogden Nash. His was definitely a style I could appreciate. Let me share a few poems so you can see what I mean:
A Word To Husbands
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
Introspective Reflection
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance
Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
Crossing The Border
Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendents
Outnumber your friends.
Reflections on Ice-Breaking
Candy is dandy
But liquor is quicker.
Not all of Nash’s poems were so short, but he definitely had a knack for expressing ideas in a witty, concise way.
One more short Nash poem for the weekend:
Fleas
Adam
Had ’em.
(You can read Nash’s poems here)
What Christ did 2000 years ago he did for me,
has allowed me to walk this earth totally free.
Thru God’s plan of salvation I see,
freedom without blemish is his gift to me.
Though troubles may fall upon me it’s true,
life’s ups and downs will affect me and you.
Knowing being absent from the body will soon be one day,
finally in His presence, is all I need to say.
Eternally secure in knowing this truly allows us to know that “The truth shall set you free”
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I would have done well in the last 34 years to remember the words he spoke to husbands!