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

poet Ogden Nash
#25 on top 500 poets
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The Cuckoo

Cuckoos lead Bohemian lives,
They fail as husbands and as wives,
Therefore they cynically disparage
Everybody else's marriage.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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