Friday, January 3, 2003

The Hippopotamus Comments

Rating: 3.4

Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.
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Ogden Nash
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Ogden Nash 03 March 2021

I'm planning to make a few more poems about animals. I might make a rhinoceros or elephant poem, so keep your eyes peeled!

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JOHN 19 July 2022

You died in 1971 so please stay dead and quiet - for now.

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Ray Jansons 11 December 2019

Does anyone know if he wrote anything so " preoosteres" about a " rhinoceros" or elephants for that matter.

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DIANE 10 July 2018

Oh, please. The reader completely blows it in the last line. Hippopotam-EYE.

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Gregory Vest 15 January 2016

One of my favorites! Nash always combines his wit with a real thought.

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