A PENNY SAVED IS IMPOSSIBLE, HARDBACK, FIRST EDITION

by Ogden Nash

A posthumous collection of sixty verses ranging over a variety of subjects on which Ogden Nash made incomparable observations for more than forty years.

Genres: Poetry, Humor

120 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1981

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

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A review for A Penny Saved is Impossible I found this book in the library and have thought Mr. Nash delightful, but this book was full, too full of delight.

A Pretentious Review of a Little Book Full of Silly Rhymes

A topical poem in its time bites and buzzes and pokes at the conscience.
But after its time falls on its own shoelaces or galoshes.
This book was full, so full of 62 poems by droll little, dolorous, cantankerous Nash.
His wit and wisdom and words, long words in lines that break rhythm and drone on awash
in urbanity?
62 poems, it took me a month, to wade through the tome. One poem a month would be enough.
Or one every other month, or perhaps one a year would certainly suffice,
In a magazine or paper, or letter. But 62 all at once? My heads rings with the sing song artifice.
by Helen Lynn Dougherty (4/19/2019)

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What Ogden Nash does, he does so well that he deserves the five stars. There is also a sense of what life was like for Americans from the 30s to the 70s.

[Gayle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Ogden Nash, or I thought I did. But this collection has a certain sameness about it, so it loses its charm after the first three or four. Possibly it was unwise to just read it through cover to cover, just as it is unwise to eat all one's Halloween candy in one sitting. Still, I don't precisely regret it, but I don't need to read that again.

[Timons Esaias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another amusing Nash collection, and this is a re-read for me.

[Nancy Chambers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetry so true and so funny at times I laughed out loud. Young readers beware it’s written a long time ago when things cost much less.

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful intro to the work of an unfairly forgotten 20th century legend.

[Mrod · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a funny guy and an enjoyable afternoon read.

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice diversion. This book was limited to one category of Ogden Nash poems, so it was a bit repetitive. Interesting social commentary on rich vs. poor in the mid 20th century. Some of his word inventions are amusingly convoluted.

[Melissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I adore Ogden Nash, but I don't think these poems are his best. Or second best.

[Tom, Of · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not a fan of poetry, but this one is funny.

[GS Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious and perfect for our times