THE PORCUPINEAny hound a porcupine nudgesCan’t be blamed for harboring grudges.I know one hound that laughed all winterAt a porcupine that sat on a splinter.OGDEN NASHДИКОБРАЗОГДЕН НЭШЯ сам увидел ка...

THE PORCUPINEAny hound a porcupine nudgesCan’t be blamed for harboring grudges.I know one hound that laughed all winterAt a porcupine that sat on a splinter.OGDEN NASHДИКОБРАЗОГДЕН НЭШЯ сам увидел ка...

THE CHIPMUNKMy friends all know that I am shy,But the chipmunk is twice as shy as I.He moves with flickering indecisionLike stripes across the television,He’s like shadow of a cloud,Or Emily Dickinson read aloud.OGDEN N...

IT’S NEVER FAIR WEATHERI do not like winter windThat whistles from the NorthMy upper teeth and those beneath,They jitter back and forth.Oh, some are hanged, and some are skinned,And other face the winter wind.I do n...

The Lazy WriterIn summer I’m to shirk,As summer is no time to work.In winter 1nspiration diesFor lack of out-door exercise.In spring I’m seldom in the mood,Because of vernal lassitude.The fall remains. But such a fall! *...

With all that teaches you to dreadThe bath as little as your bed-Remember, wheresoe’er you be,To shut the door and turn the key!I had a friend – my friend no more!Who failed to bolt the hath – room door.A maiden-aunt of his, on...

THE TWINSIn from and feature, face and limb,I grew so like my brotherThan folks got taking me for himAnd each for one another.It puzzled all our kith and kin,It reaches an awful pitch;For one of us was born a twin,And n...

The needy seldom passed her door,And always found her kind;She freely lent to all the poor –Who left a pledge behind.She strove the neighborhood to pleaseWith manners wondrous winning;And never followed wicked ways –Unless when...

С Новым годом, друзья! С Новым годом!Много счастья и радости вам!Пусть уйдёт в никуда непогода,Новый день улыбается нам.Пусть снежинки ложатся на плечи,Пусть улыбкам не будет конца,И сердечные, нежные встречи,Пусть всегда с...

ROADWAYSOne road leads to London,One road runs to Wales,My road leads me seawardsTo the white dipping sails,One road leads to the river,As it goes singing slow;My road leads to shipping,Where the bronzed sailors go....