Nash-ing the Animals

WritingFix has a fun lesson–called “Nash-ing the Animals“–that was inspired by the poetry of Ogden Nash.

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One Response to “Nash-ing the Animals”

Dena Harrison Says:
November 28th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I taught a workshop for teachers last week, and I had them all write to the on-line Ogden Nash prompt. Here are five of my favorites that the adult/teacher writers created:

LLamas

I LLove LLeggy LLamas
LLounging LLazily in the BBahamas
Away from all that LLama DDrama.

Aardvark
With the advantage of such a long snout
One would think the aardvark would eat something much more stout.

The Dingo

“Would you know a dingo if you saw one?” he said.
The condescending lady, she said, “Maybe.”
So I replied with a regretful tone,
“The dingo ate your baby.”

The Dung Beetle

There are poems written about tygers.
Of lambs songs have been sung,
But nary a words has been written
About a beetle who plays with dung.

Ferret

If I had a fur coat,
I’d probably wear it
Unless it came from
My neighbor’s ferret.