Actually, I don't have a clue as to whether or not this is a poem. Although it's arranged in four-line stanzas, or verses, it does not rhyme. So, is it 'free verse?'

OR... because it is mostly just declaratory sentences, is it just prose? I DUNNO!

For some stupid reason I got the idea to USE as many words I could think of, that contained the letter "U" ... DUH!

Then, after typing in about 15 or 20 lines, it dawned on me to go for ALPHABETIC order, which then helped in the recollection process. Needless to say, some beginning letters became quite challenging... ERGO, they didn't produce four lines. They also resulted in some FORCED expressions.

But, HECK, isn't that what 'poetic license' is all about? How many 'U's can YOU count?

HOORAY FOR … U

Copyright: September 9, 2007 - Tom Hyland

Auburn augmentations are ambiguous.
Augers often offer audacious outcries.
Audiences endlessly endure awful audios.
Auctioneers audition antiquities.

Burst bubbles are bummers.
Bumblebees butt butternuts busily.
Buccaneers bury booty bountifully.
Bullies are bodacious burpers.

Cuckolds cajole capriciously.
Cuddling capitulates cup-size.
Cub-Scouts couple cougars copiously.
Cue-Sticks cut cunning cue-ball caroms.

Dubbing dummies knights is dumb.
Duchesses dump Dudley Doolittles.
Durable duffle bags defy duress.
Duffers double donuts dubiously.

Eulogies culminate causing culling.
Eubie Blake pounded piano tunes.
Europe encumbers Euridicles’culture.
Eurydice used to erupt ostentatiously.

Fuzzy navels fluster folks furiously.
Fuming fully funds floundering.
Fugues formulate anonymousness famously.
Future foundlings foster fraternity suits.

Guatemala guarantees gargantuan garbanzos.
Gubernatorial caucuses gum-up guzzling.
Guffawing jowls generate gerrymandering.
Guggenheim guests garner great gratitude.

Humility humbles stumblebums.
Hubble hosts spacious hues.
Huckleberry Hound howls mournfully.
Houston… we have an Opportunity!

IUD’s are useful but devious devices.

Jubilation - Jambalaya crawfish pie, feely Gumbo…
Juan Valdez jumped on Joan Baez.
Juggernauts juggle naught.
Juicy fruit germinates in June and July.

Kubla Khan captured Kurgistan.
Kudos to Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.
Kummel compounds come from caraway.
Kunkel manufactures upright pianos.

Lubricants lubricate lugubriously.
Lucky lugs lack lackluster.
Lugging lug nuts is ludicrous.
Lullabies lull lumberjacks to lunacy.

Mucous membranes muddle and befuddle.
Muffins must be munificent.
Muppets make magnifique puppets.
Mugging Mummies is Murder.

Nuances like nuking are nullifying.
Nubian nuns are never nuptial.
Nutritionists neuter Nature.
Numismatists nurture numbers.

Oui ousts non.
Ouiji boards offer supernatural séances.
Our hour was once Flower Power.
Outer Limits can be ubiquitous.

Pouting presupposes shouting.
Public Houses purport Pubs.
Puddle-Jumpers jumped puddles.
Pugnacious pugilators pounded profusely.

Quaff your ale quietly.
Quagmires do not quake.
Quad Erat Demonstratum!
Quo Vadis… Dominus Vobiscum.

Rubinesques can be beautifully blessed.
Rudimentary Rules are rarely compounded.
Rueful ruffians ratify rudeness.
Rubbers ruin lustiness.

Subservience succumbs to Success.
Super-humans are superfluous substitutes.
Substandard studies undercut truth.
Sioux City Sue had eyes of blue.

Tucson turtles turn tumultuously.
Turbulent Tuesdays thrust upward.
Trust in God… we must.
Tuscaloosa, Tuckahoe, Tutankhamen.

Udders are utterly unappreciated.
Upper usurpers argue unacceptably.
Users substitute unanimously.
Ushers ambulate inarticulately.

Vaudevillians value voluptuousness.
Valuations vary voluminously.
Voyeurism can be voracious.
Virtue vilifies vagueness.

Watusi warriors are watchful.
Wampum was once Wigwam money.
Wusses whistle wistfully.
Wuz Fuzzy Wuzzy?

Xanadu exudes exultation.

Yuletide yummies are never yucky.

Zucchini squash - Zuni Pueblo - Zurich Suisse!



I COUNT 312 - HOW ABOUT U ?


J-PAL... TOM.