Bed Riddance: A Posy for the Indisposed

by Ogden Nash

Paperback 1969 127p. 7.50x5.10x0.60 Illustrated by Milton Glaser.Not a Wink all Night;Where Did The pot call The Kettle Black? In The Diet Kitchen and More. For Young People

Genres: Poetry, Humor

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1931

About the author

Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".

Reviews

[Ed Erwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ogden Nash has written some wonderful, silly poems. The ones in this book aren't among his best.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book for about 20 cents used and I got my money's worth. To be clear, Ogden Nash is not a good poet. He is the Weird Al Yankovic of poets. These are novelty poems. But they are entertaining, just as Weird Al's songs can be.

[Allison Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chose this book because I organize my TBR pile by color and the beige shelf is FULL full.

This turned out to be really lightweight, funny, easy poetry. It honestly made new want to write similar, which is weird because I’m not much of a writer.

A few outdated references but a lot of this still felt relatable.

Light and silly.

I’d like to read more Nash sometime.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nash plays hopscotch with the English language here, bending and twisting it to serve his deserved pokes at mortality and medicality. Not every lyrical is a miracle, but the occasional zingers are singers. (I'll stop now, really.) Includes "Next!", my favorite of Nash's outside his zoological foibiles.

[Cathy Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Any day with an Ogden Nash poem in it is a good day. I had a lot of good days.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nash is doggerel's top dog.
He rhymes like falling off a log.
Here he takes on mankind's ills
With Ogden's little laughter pills.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't try to read in one sitting. Funny, but wearing.

[Grandma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been a fan since high school. Nash is still as funny as ever:-)