<P> At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best - known producer of humorous poetry ." </P> <P> A biography, Ogden Nash: the Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse, was written by Douglas M. Parker, published in 2005 and in paperback in 2007 . The book was written with the cooperation of the Nash family, and quotes extensively from Nash's personal correspondence as well as his poetry . </P> <P> His daughter Isabel was married to noted photographer Fred Eberstadt, and his granddaughter, Fernanda Eberstadt, is an acclaimed author . Nash had one other daughter, Linell Nash Smith . </P> <P> Nash was best known for surprising, pun - like rhymes, sometimes with words deliberately misspelled for comic effect, as in his retort to Dorothy Parker's humorous dictum, Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses: </P>

The one l lama he's a beast