Sunday, March 15, 2026

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.

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