Ogden Nash (Aug 19, 1902-May 19, 1971) was a well known poet who wrote the poem "The Bronx? No Thonx!" The poem kind of spurred some uproar especially among people who lived in the Bronx in the 1930s. I don't what type of animosity he had towards the Bronx, but in his later life he changed his mind about. He later wrote the poem in response to Borough President James J. Lyons who demanded an apology, and in 1964 in response to the original poem he wrote, "I can’t seem to escape the sins of my smart alec youth. I shudder to confess them. Now an older and wiser man I cry ‘The Bronx, God bless them'."
The Bronx? No Thonx!
I can’t seem to escape the sins of my smart alec youth. I shudder to confess them. Now an older and wiser man I cry ‘The Bronx, God bless them'
I can’t seem to escape the sins of my smart alec youth. I shudder to confess them. Now an older and wiser man I cry ‘The Bronx, God bless them'
by Pounding meat January 22, 2021