(August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971 / New York / United States)

poet Ogden Nash
#22 on top 500 poets
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Song of the Open Road

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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  • Frank V. Gardner (10/25/2009 11:26:00 AM)

    Again Ogden gives us a delightful ditty, with apologies to Joyce and other poet moralists.

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