Who is Ogden Nash?

Wikipedia has done it again! I felt a tug to find out who this Ogden Nash was because I used his quote in my last post. Turns out he was (died in 1971) an American poet with some rather funny poems. The following is one that was on wikipedia that I thought was funny.
Ode to the Llama

The one-L lama, he's a priest

The two-L llama, he's a beast

And I would bet a silk pyjama

There isn't any three-L lllama

(Nash later appended a footnote to this poem: "The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh."


It peaked my interest so I looked up another

The panther is like a leopard,

Except that it hasn't been peppered.

Should you behold a panther crouch,

Prepare to say ouch,

Better yet, if called by a panther,

Don't anther.

Ha! He may become one of my favorites.