Ogden Nash poem, in praise of food
 

Enjoy!

(If you don't know his poems, he was always funny.)

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-clean-plater/

"Some singers sing of ladies' eyes,
And some of ladies lips,
Refined ones praise their ladylike ways,
And course ones hymn their hips.
The Oxford Book of English Verse
Is lush with lyrics tender;
A poet, I guess, is more or less
Preoccupied with gender.
Yet I, though custom call me crude,
Prefer to sing in praise of food.
Food,
Yes, food,
Just any old kind of food.
Pheasant is pleasant, of course,
And terrapin, too, is tasty,
Lobster I freely endorse,
In pate or patty or pasty.
But there's nothing the matter with butter,
And nothing the matter with jam,
And the warmest greetings I utter
To the ham and the yam and the clam.
For they're food,
All food,
And I think very fondly of food.
Through I'm broody at times
When bothered by rhymes,
I brood
On food.
Some painters paint the sapphire sea,
And some the gathering storm.
Others portray young lambs at play,
But most, the female form.
'Twas trite in that primeval dawn
When painting got its start,
That a lady with her garments on
Is Life, but is she Art?
By undraped nymphs
I am not wooed;
I'd rather painters painted food.
Food,
Just food,
Just any old kind of food.
Go purloin a sirloin, my pet,
If you'd win a devotion incredible;
And asparagus tips vinaigrette,
Or anything else that is edible.
Bring salad or sausage or scrapple,
A berry or even a beet.
Bring an oyster, an egg, or an apple,
As long as it's something to eat.
If it's food,
It's food;
Never mind what kind of food.
When I ponder my mind
I consistently find
It is glued
On food."

Ogden Nash poem, in praise of food
 

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:32:37 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> Enjoy!
>
> (If you don't know his poems, he was always funny.)
>
> http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-clean-plater/
>
> "Some singers sing of ladies' eyes,
> And some of ladies lips,
> Refined ones praise their ladylike ways,
> And course ones hymn their hips.
> The Oxford Book of English Verse
> Is lush with lyrics tender;
> A poet, I guess, is more or less
> Preoccupied with gender.
> Yet I, though custom call me crude,
> Prefer to sing in praise of food.
> Food,
> Yes, food,
> Just any old kind of food.
> Pheasant is pleasant, of course,
> And terrapin, too, is tasty,
> Lobster I freely endorse,
> In pate or patty or pasty.
> But there's nothing the matter with butter,
> And nothing the matter with jam,
> And the warmest greetings I utter
> To the ham and the yam and the clam.
> For they're food,
> All food,
> And I think very fondly of food.
> Through I'm broody at times
> When bothered by rhymes,
> I brood
> On food.
> Some painters paint the sapphire sea,
> And some the gathering storm.
> Others portray young lambs at play,
> But most, the female form.
> 'Twas trite in that primeval dawn
> When painting got its start,
> That a lady with her garments on
> Is Life, but is she Art?
> By undraped nymphs
> I am not wooed;
> I'd rather painters painted food.
> Food,
> Just food,
> Just any old kind of food.
> Go purloin a sirloin, my pet,
> If you'd win a devotion incredible;
> And asparagus tips vinaigrette,
> Or anything else that is edible.
> Bring salad or sausage or scrapple,
> A berry or even a beet.
> Bring an oyster, an egg, or an apple,
> As long as it's something to eat.
> If it's food,
> It's food;
> Never mind what kind of food.
> When I ponder my mind
> I consistently find
> It is glued
> On food."

Another favorite of his:
Who wants my jellyfish?
I'm not sellyfish!

Ogden Nash poem, in praise of food
 

On 05/01/2016 6:54 AM, Michelle wrote:
> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:32:37 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>> Enjoy!

>
> Another favorite of his:
> Who wants my jellyfish?
> I'm not sellyfish!
>

"It's a pity that aspic
doesn't taste of elastic.
Because, gee whiz.
It is!"

Ogden Nash poem, in praise of food
 

Michelle wrote:
> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:32:37 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> (If you don't know his poems, he was always funny.)
>>
>> http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-clean-plater/
>>
>> "Some singers sing of ladies' eyes,
>> And some of ladies lips,
>> Refined ones praise their ladylike ways,
>> And course ones hymn their hips.
>> The Oxford Book of English Verse
>> Is lush with lyrics tender;
>> A poet, I guess, is more or less
>> Preoccupied with gender.
>> Yet I, though custom call me crude,
>> Prefer to sing in praise of food.
>> Food,
>> Yes, food,
>> Just any old kind of food.
>> Pheasant is pleasant, of course,
>> And terrapin, too, is tasty,
>> Lobster I freely endorse,
>> In pate or patty or pasty.
>> But there's nothing the matter with butter,
>> And nothing the matter with jam,
>> And the warmest greetings I utter
>> To the ham and the yam and the clam.
>> For they're food,
>> All food,
>> And I think very fondly of food.
>> Through I'm broody at times
>> When bothered by rhymes,
>> I brood
>> On food.
>> Some painters paint the sapphire sea,
>> And some the gathering storm.
>> Others portray young lambs at play,
>> But most, the female form.
>> 'Twas trite in that primeval dawn
>> When painting got its start,
>> That a lady with her garments on
>> Is Life, but is she Art?
>> By undraped nymphs
>> I am not wooed;
>> I'd rather painters painted food.
>> Food,
>> Just food,
>> Just any old kind of food.
>> Go purloin a sirloin, my pet,
>> If you'd win a devotion incredible;
>> And asparagus tips vinaigrette,
>> Or anything else that is edible.
>> Bring salad or sausage or scrapple,
>> A berry or even a beet.
>> Bring an oyster, an egg, or an apple,
>> As long as it's something to eat.
>> If it's food,
>> It's food;
>> Never mind what kind of food.
>> When I ponder my mind
>> I consistently find
>> It is glued
>> On food."
>
> Another favorite of his:
> Who wants my jellyfish?
> I'm not sellyfish!
>

And a classic:

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.
Ogden Nash