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  • What Makes a Monster a Monster.

    What Makes a Monster a Monster.

    Clearing it up
    from 3 reviews.
    General  Poetry

  • Why Is the Question

    Why Is the Question

    A Nonet Analysis
    from 5 reviews.
    Commentary and Philosophy  Poetry

  • It's Not True I Do!

    It's Not True I Do!

    Contest Entry
    from 2 reviews.
    General  Poetry
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ABOUT
Location New York City
Gender Male
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Joined October 2015
My nom de plume is Ogden, in honor of the late Ogden Nash, a highly respected humorist, poet and lyricist, who, besides my dad, was the source of my earliest inspiration to write.

To everyone outside of FanStory, I'm Don.
Retired from a long and unusually varied career, I live in Manhattan, NYC.

I joined FS in the Fall of 2015. In my haste to begin writing, I overlooked posting any personal information. Coincidentally, out of the blue, the following June, I was recruited to perform in a one-act play about Alzheimer's Disease (I don't have it, thank God) - and I was asked to send a brief bio for a Playbill.

Here, in a nutshell, slightly edited, is the post-high school, pre-FS blurb I submitted: "Tired of being carded, (a joke, alluding to my mature appearance, inescapably obvious to the audience) Don grew a full beard a couple of months ago, and now he's been type-cast as an old man! For more than 40 years after graduating from Boston U, he performed, wrote and directed, in various capacities, in broadcasting and advertising, including announcer; radio News Director; early rock 'n' roll DJ (his favorite gig a nightly all-night one-man radio show in which, ironically, he doubled, interacting with his non-existing elderly sidekick); and Droopy Dog, the hand-puppet host of a TV children's show. In the ad biz phase of his career, he wrote and directed hundreds of commercials, was cast for TV voice-overs, and announced and acted in a number of his own radio commercials."

Fortunately, my stage performances went well. It was good to know I can still do it.

And now, here I am at home, writing what are intended to be entertaining poems and stories, along with some timely observations, all made possible by FS. (Where else can you say whatever is on your mind without getting into trouble?)
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Kindergarten History Lesson finished third in the contest "Laughter"

Dog Abuse in Progress finished third in the contest "Witty animal 5-7-5 contest"

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained finished second in the contest "Cinquain Poetry"

Joy, An Emotion Everyone Relishe finished third in the contest "Emotions"

I Know the Ropes Now finished third in the contest "5-7-5"

The Sooner Learned The Better finished third in the contest "Write a Humorous 5-7-5"

The Puzzling Auk finished second in the contest "Bye Bye Blackbird"

Kittens Don't Have to Hunt finished third in the contest "Naani Poem"
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