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  <title><![CDATA[Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash]]></title>
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  <default_description>The ultimate collection of verses by America's best-loved humorous author, culled from collections put together by Nash himself. Features Nash's unique rhymes, puns, and observations about everything under the sun.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my greatest discoveries ever.  It's a book to keep<br/>handy if ever one is slightly discouraged.  I listened to it on tape<br/>while I scrapbooked, with frequent stops to laugh out loud.  It is very<br/>quotable, so a hard text would have been handy.<br/>Oh, I must go down to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70607513">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not quite certain how many of Nash's books I have read.  But I love his poetry -- probably the first poet I really ever enjoyed.  It is humorous and direct.  One doesn't have to wonder what in the world the poet is talking about -- with Ogden you get it!  I started reading him when he first was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51485206">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ogden Nash is a highly underrated poet of (terrible term) &quot;light verse.&quot;  He's funny, but more than that: he's a very skilled wordsmith who also uses humor to touch at some deeper truths.  Like the best humorists, his verse seems light only on the surface.  Some of his poems are mostly sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12023701">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My grandpa helped me discover a love for Ogden... Candy is good, but liquor is quicker]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The animal poems are great for the kids--why I bought this book.]]></body>
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    <review id="16677451">
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    <body><![CDATA[I have an audio recording of him reading his poetry. He sounds just like Forrest Gump. I think his poetry is hilarious and his insights on life, love, marriage, and society are right on. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad keeps this book in his bathroom and I always have to pick it up and read a few while I'm in there. I wonder if people wonder why I'm laughing in the bathroom?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every time depression sets in I read Ogdon Nash to find something to laugh about.  This kind of medicine usaly works very well.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you've never read Ogden Nash, you need to. I started reading his poetry in 5th grade and found it hilarious!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Date inaccurate but posted in honor of &quot;Tin Wedding Whistle&quot; as read on our wedding day.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't read much poetry, but Nash is the best!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply the most entertaining poet ever.]]></body>
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