Add a #TSCreatures hashtag so we can find it and maybe share it with the world.Ĥ. Compose your own poem about a dragon or creature.ģ. Need some ideas? Check out this complete list of mythical creatures. Or listen to our very own Dragons and Creatures playlist.Ģ.

This month’s poetry theme at Tweetspeak is Dragons and Creatures, and we’ll be composing epic poems. _ Tweetspeak’s April Dragons and Creatures Poetry Prompt: Either way, share your light verse with us. It may include broader social commentary, or may be silly for the sake of silliness. Write an easy-reading, light piece of rhyming poetry about dragons or other mythical creatures. Poetry Prompt: This week we’re playing with light verse. His poems are proof: a little light verse can go a long way.

Nash’s poetry lives on today, and is enjoyed by children and adults alike.

Years later, Nash’s poem about Custard would prompt Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow to write “Puff, the Magic Dragon, ” a song made famous by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Though there is no broader social commentary in the piece, the poem is meant to inspire and teach the value of courage. The tale continues, and in the end, Custard finding the nerve to take down a dreaded scalawag pirate. Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,Īnd the little gray mouse, she called her Blink,Īnd the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,īut the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard. With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse,Īnd a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, Consider Nash’s poem, “Custard the Dragon, ” in which he tells the tale of the miniaturized and cowardly pet dragon. Notice Nash’s forced perfect rhyme, how he misspells “uncle” to achieve the desired result.Īt times, though, Nash’s poems were less-pointed and bereft of social commentary. Look at them like Tarzan looking at an uppity ape in the jungleĪnd tell them what do they think a bank is, anyhow, they hadīetter go get the money from their wife’s aunt or ungle.īy use of animal imagery, Nash personifies the banker as Tarzan putting an animal (although a noble one) in its proper place. Yes, if they request fifty dollars to pay for a baby you must Consider his poem, “Bankers are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer, ” a piece of social commentary written to the bankers of the day, Nash writes, in part: Sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes silly for the sake silliness, Nash’s poems are always a fun read. Nash often used animals as the subject matter of his musings, and created poems filled with absurdities, intentional misspellings, and odd juxtapositions. These are the words of Ogden Nash, the matchless writer of “light verse.” Equal parts poet, comedian, social commentator, and Baltimore Colts enthusiast, Nash carved out a niche in penning witty, pun-filled, and easy poetry. “I think in terms of rhyme, and have since I was six years old.”

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