For your reading pleasure, we present the poems of Ogden Nash. If they are too long, we apologize. Leave a line in the Comments about how terribly long they are, and we’ll try to find shorter pomes next time.
A few critters dropped in besides cats for Caturdai; but not to worry, they’re mostly cats.
The Firefly
Fireflies with lupines
The firefly’s flame
Is something for which science has no name.
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a person’s posteerior.
The Lama
The one-L lama,
He’s a priest.
Lama standing in Tibet
The two-L llama,
He’s a beast.
Llamas resting in Peru
And I will bet a silk pajama
There isn’t any
Three-L llama.*
“*Note: The author’s attention has been drawn to the kind of conflagration known as a ‘three-alarmer’. Pooh.”
Not even slightly alarmed by this conflagration!
Ode to Parsley
Poison (!) parsley in flower
Parsley.
Is gharsley.
The Panther
A panther is like a leopard
Peppered leopard at rest
Except it hasn’t been peppered.
Even young leopards are peppered
Should you behold a panther crouch
Prepare to say ouch.
Unpeppered panther
Better yet, if called by a panther
Don’t anther.
Black panther. Too busy with cub to call you!
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