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Category Archives: Poems Memorized
The Llama
Ogden Nash The one `L’ llama, he’s a priest. The two `L’ llama, he’s a beast. And I will bet a silk pajama, There isn’t any three `L’ llama.’
The Guppy
Ogden Nash Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets, Seals have puppies, But guppies just have little guppies.
Sonnet 128
William Shakespeare How oft when thou, my music, music play’st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway’st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap, … Continue reading
My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing
Robert Burns Chorus.-She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a lo’esome wee thing, This dear wee wife o’ mine. I never saw a fairer, I never lo’ed a dearer, And neist my heart … Continue reading
The Firefly
Ogden Nash The firefly’s flame Is something for which science has no name I can think of nothing eerier Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a person’s posterior.
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The Centipede
Ogden Nash I objurgate the centipede, A bug we do not really need. At sleepy-time he beats a path Straight to the bedroom or the bath. You always wallop where he’s not, Or, if he is, he makes a spot.
The Ant
Ogden Nash The ant has made himself illustrious Through constant industry industrious. So what? Would you be calm and placid If you were full of formic acid?
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The Cow
Ogden Nash The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.
The List of Poems I’ve memorized
This is an updated list of the poems I’ve memorized in alphabetical order of the poet’s first name. In choosing poems to memorize, I sometimes select seasonally appropriate verse. I also balance light with serious. I memorize poems suited for … Continue reading
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Dreams
Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.