Confrontation, avoided by all, leads unpredictably to negative consequences and sacrifices. Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno are two iconic celebrities known for using humor to express their personal preferences. Unfortunately, this style would be considered humor without validation if it weren't for the authors before paving the way for the wacky. Ogden Nash, a highly respected poet, established a new form of light verse impacting both literature and society. Ogden Nash is a great American author, best known for his “concise and funny light verse” (“Ogden Biography” 1). The New York Times describes him as America's "best-known producer of humorous poetry" because of his farcical style. Born in August 1902 in Rye, New York, as a child he moved often due to his father's import-export business (1). After completing his high school education at St. George's School, he attended Harvard University, which he unfortunately left a year later. Reflecting on better times, Nash taught at his old high school but left less than a year later, without much success in finding other employment (2) ("Ogden Nash" 1-2). Nash tried many different careers over the next decade and eventually found success as a poetry advisor at the publishing house Doubleday. Advertising gave him the opportunity to explore different writing styles and ultimately create his own style. During this period, he moved to Baltimore, the place he ultimately called home, married Francis Leonard, and was promoted from the market department to the editorial department of Doubleday ("Ogden Nash" 1-3). Among Nash's many successes, he was featured in numerous "comedies, radio shows and lectures at colleges". As the head lyricist of the hit Broadway show, One T...... middle of paper ......7:1-3. May 01, 2014.Blyth, Steve. “Rebel without pause. » The poetic structure of Ogden Nash. 2000: 1-4. May 2, 2014 Kay, Olivia. “Ogden Nash.” Humanities 360. November 16, 2011: 1-2. Internet. April 29, 2014Leithauser, Brad. “Master of humor.” The Wall Street Journal [New York] April 15, 2005: 1-5. Internet. April 17, 2014.Lowerison, Jean. “Theatre review: The Liar.” SDGLN. April 2, 2014: 1. Web. April 28, 2014. MacLeish, Archibald. “Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics and Poems.” New York: Black Dog & Leventhal: XIX-XII. 1995. Print. April 15, 2014. “Ogden Nash Biography.” » Ogden Nash. March 20, 2006: 1-2. Internet. April 15, 2014. “Ogden Nash Poetry Review.” December 25, 2011: 1-2. Internet. April 17, 2014. “Ogden Nash: 1902-1971.” 2008: 1-8. Internet. April 27, 2014. Overbey, Erin. “Eighty-five from the archives: Ogden Nash.” The New Yorker. May 21, 2010: 1-5. Internet. April 15. 2014.