O-U

 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.