A Poem for a Thursday #340

Ogden Nash was an American writer of light, humorous verse. When I was a kid, we had a book of his poetry and I remember loving his poem, Custard the Dragon. His poetry is simply fun with its occasionally nonsensical rhyming scheme and pointed comments on relationships and life. I challenge you to read an Ogden Nash poem and not reach the end with a smile on your face. Sometimes that is exactly what we need out of a poem.

Geniuses of countless nations
Have told their love for generations
Till all their memorable phrases
Are common as goldenrod or daises.
Their girls have glimmered like the moon,
Or shimmered like a summer moon,
Stood like a lily, fled like a fawn,
Now the sunset, now the dawn,
Here the princess in the tower
There the sweet forbidden flower.
Darling, when I look at you
Every aged phrase is new,
And there are moments when it seems
I've married one of Shakespeare's dreams.

Reprise
Ogden Nash