A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter W

Herbert Walker 
play'd the hawk, Herr 
Prescott play'd the banker.
Jeb play'd pol,
while W,* y'all 
recall, play'd quite the _______.**

     * 'Dub'-ya.' ** 'Rank heir,' 'canker,' 
'wanker,' '(blank)er'...? 

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter V

There's Wade v Roe. 
There's Brown v Bo'-.
There's Griswold v Connecticut.
What's pendin'...? Me 
v Tweeledee*
in re that bouncin' check he cut.

     * Other mss show variants here; among them:
"Tennessee" (the playwright), "Park Chung-hee" 
and "Kenny G." One even shows "Smithe-Magee." 
(Tho' why would poetaster Poe sue an alter ego?) 

World Heritage Fruit, Vegetable & Cereal Grain Architecture Sites in Series, Series Four, Number Four -- New South Wales, The Sydney Hop'ra House

"New South Wales: The Sydney Hop'ra House"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
11" by 8 1/2"

Who’s daft 

for draft

and Jo-

hann Straus

(compo-

ser of

Die Fle-

dermaus)

must make 

a point 

to, with 

his spouse,

drop by 

the Syd-

ney Hop-

‘ra House.

World Heritage Fruit, Vegetable & Cereal Grain Architecture Sites in Series, Series One, Number Forty Three -- Colorado, Maiza Verde

"Colorado: Maiza Verde"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
11" by 8 1/2"

  Who'd 
yearn fer 
corn must 
earn her 
corn, nor 
turn for-
lorn 'n' 
scaredy.
     If 
spook'd by 
heights, tour 
sunken 
sites: steer 
clear of 
Maiza 
Verde!

World Heritage Fruit, Vegetable & Cereal Grain Architecture Sites in Series, Series Three, Number Twelve -- Peru, Machu Peaches

"Peru: Machu Peaches"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
8 1/2" by 11"

  You 
sport a
Jones for 
fruits, with
stones, from 
far-flung 

distant 
reaches...?
     No 
worse you'll 
do than 
tour Pe-
ru. Pick 
Incan 
Machu 
Peaches!

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter Y

When needing space
to park my face, 
but not a place prestigious,
I always hie
me to the Y,
though none tag me religious.

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter Z

A doze, a rest,
three winks, siest-
a, nap, a nod, a trance
is what's requir'd.
In short, I'm tired!
(At least one Z, perchance...?)

World Heritage Fruit, Vegetable & Cereal Grain Architecture Sites in Series, Series Five, Number Twenty Two -- Montmartre: Sacre-Coeurgettes

"Sacré-Cœurgettes"
by Ulysses Poe

  For-
get all 'bout
Iceberg 'n' 
Cranberry 
Beans; 
     skip 
Endive, Ro-
maine 'n' A-
rugula 
Lett-
     uce, Ra-
dicchio, 
Kale 'n' Chrys-
anthemum 
Greens:
     try 
visitin' 
Montmartre's 
Sacré-Cœur-
gettes!

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter O

"O beautifoo-...";
"O say can you...";
"O little town o' Beth-...":
each sports an 'O.'
(So, Deists know,
does "Where's thy sting, O Death...?"

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter U

Burmese PM 
(a 'homme,' no 'femme'),
their very first: U Nu!
U Thant...? Not so.
Nor Goryeo.
(A playwright, too: who knew...?)

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter M

En France, when yer 
address'd "Monsieur," 
those frogs concur: an M
precedes yer name. 
So: what's their game...? 
How d'y'all relate to them...?