Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Biological Reflection
A girl whose cheeks are covered with paintHas an advantage with me over one whose ain't.
© Ogden Nash
The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus
In Baltimore there lived a boy.He wasn't anybody's joy.Although his name was Jabez Dawes,His character was full of flaws.In school he never led his..
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The Duck
Behold the duck.It does not cluck.A cluck it lacks.It quacks.It is specially fondOf a puddle or pond.When it dines or sups,It bottoms ups.
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Two Dogs Have I
For years we've had a little dog,Last year we acquired a big dog;He wasn't big when we got him,He was littler than the dog we had.We thought our..
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Columbus
Once upon a time there was an Italian,And some people thought he was a rapscallion,But he wasn't offended,Because other people thought he was..
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Everybody Tells Me Everything
I find it very difficult to enthuseOver the current news.Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can grow no blacker, it..
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Come On In, The Senility Is Fine
People live forever in Jacksonville and St. Petersburg and Tampa,But you don't have to live forever to become a grampa.The entrance requirements for..
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Old Men
People expect old men to die,They do not really mourn old men.Old men are different. People lookAt them with eyes that wonder when…People watch with..
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The Octopus
Tell me, O Octopus, I begsIs those things arms, or is they legs?I marvel at thee, Octopus;If I were thou, I'd call me Us.
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First Child ... Second Child
FIRSTBe it a girl, or one of the boys,It is scarlet all over its avoirdupois,It is red, it is boiled; could the obstetricianHave possibly been a..
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Children's Party
May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?I wish to retire till the party's over.Since three o'clock I've done my bestTo entertain each tiny guest. My..
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I Didn't Go To Church Today
I didn't go to church today,I trust the Lord to understand.The surf was swirling blue and white,The children swirling on the sand.He knows, He knows..
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Crossing The Border
Senescence beginsAnd middle age endsThe day your descendentsOutnumber your friends.
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To My Valentine
More than a catbird hates a cat,Or a criminal hates a clue,Or the Axis hates the United States,That's how much I love you.I love you more than a duck..
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A Caution To Everybody
Consider the auk;Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.Consider man, who may well become extinctBecause he forgot how to..
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A Drink With Something In It
There is something about a Martini,A tingle remarkably pleasant;A yellow, a mellow Martini;I wish I had one at present.There is something about a..
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Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
This is a song to celebrate banks,Because they are full of money and you go into them and allyou hear is clinks and clanks,Or maybe a sound like the..
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A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty
Unwillingly Miranda wakes,Feels the sun with terror,One unwilling step she takes,Shuddering to the mirror.Miranda in Miranda's sightIs old and gray..
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The Tale Of Custard The Dragon
Belinda lived in a little white house,With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse,And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon,And a realio..
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Common Cold
Go hang yourself, you old M.D.!You shall not sneer at me.Pick up your hat and stethoscope,Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;I contemplate a joy..
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Always Marry An April Girl
Praise the spells and bless the charms,I found April in my arms.April golden, April cloudy,Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;April soft in flowered..
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A Word To Husbands
To keep your marriage brimmingWith love in the loving cup,Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;Whenever you’re right, shut up.
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Adventures Of Isabel
Isabel met an enormous bear,Isabel, Isabel, didn't care;The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous.The..
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