O-U
How to pronounce O...U
when you two are together?
How is it?
Bounce.
Pounce.
Trounce.
O-U,
you troublesome vowel.
Don't make me howl.
How is it?
Count.
Mount.
Amount.
O-U,
you make me want to shout.
I can't quite make you out.
How is it?
Grouse.
Louse.
Mouse.
Or is it?
Mousse.
Moose.
Nous.
O-U,
you can be so confounding,
when not corresponding.
How is it?
Dudes
play ouds,
yet with and without
o and u.
O-U,
why are o and u
so proud?
You are all around,
making different sounds.
O-U,
please, please,
no more oos and aws!!!
I O-U nothing
for this drivel.
© Breyel, Timm. "O-U". 2026. All rights reserved. No part of this text may be copied, broadcast, reproduced in print or electronically represented without permission from the author.