A Poem to Welcome July

The Duck

The Duck

Ogden Nash

I attended a writers’ conference a couple of months ago, and one of the speakers lamented how children don't memorize very much poetry anymore. He suggested starting with this one.

Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is specially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups,
It bottoms ups.