More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,
Or the Axis hates the United States,
That's how much I love you.
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Fantastic flight of imagery and style of expression. Congrats on modern poem of the Day.
A colourful, witty poem creatively comparing love in some quite unexpected ways! Very deserving of POD!
A poem that is more than a poem? More of a declaration of Nash's heartfelt thoughts!
I love you more than a duck can swim, And more than a grapefruit squirts, I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore, And more than a toothache hurts... examples are so good.. tony
The version quoted above is the earliest version but not the best. The two I quoted below are better and later versions He improves the poem and replaces some of the out of date lines with something equally or more witty. The pity is that the version quoted above is the only one you can find on the internet. I have noticed that the internet is very incestuous, copying endlessly what one person posts and never looking further.
When Nash and Weill wrote One Touch of Venus this poem was revised and rewritten with several new lines and additional verses which are amusing. The limitation on characters in this comment do not permit me to quote it but here are a few gems: As a dachshund abhors revolving doors. and, As much as a lifeguard hates to swim, / Or a writer hates to read, / As Hays office frowns on low cut gowns, /That's how much you I need.
In his book Marriage Lines: notes of a student husband, The poem was revised to something better. The character limitations on this comment do not allow me to fully quote it but here is the rewritten last verse I love you more than a bronco bucks, Or a Yale man cheers the Blue. Ask not what is this thing called love; It's what I'm in with you.
Love and hatred are two diagonally opposite emotions.A lover who is in deep passion may go through these two emotions - - if faced with betrayal..
As the High Court loathes perjurious oaths.. Excellent conceptualization. Congrats on modern poem of the Day.
well-listed, Ogden. Your love her more sure than shootin.
The catbird lives in America and ''it is able to make two sounds at the same time.'' The first line is a kind of paronomasia- the bird hates itself or hates that small feline called cat. It is a disjunction needing metamorphosis. The catbird has an aggressive reaction against the predators. During the World War II, it was a tension between Axis and Allies, the second one including the United States.The poet expressed his feelings through this antagonism between love and hate. Any war involves aggressive methods to inflict the suffering. In fact, nothing happens during metamorphosis without suffering. Also, any criminal becomes aggressive in the imminence of being found.This aggressivity is an instinct. By comparison, love is a surviving instinct. This is the poet's dimension of love, a hyperbolic one. Much more, the poet swears in front of God because he needs to be credible. Any swear involves the divinity. Firstly, love needs the truth, the pure, fundamental truth. Excellent poem. Voted 10.
Ii love you more than a duck can swim Well expressed. Sylva w E
Is there anything else more than this to say about one's love.....superb- 10++++
after valentine's day, he taught this poem at his poetry corner. he told his students that he was not good feeling to teach today. during V's Day, i was in Guilin.
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