A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letters J, K & L

Giraffes of sport
break -- fast! -- down court,
the net to get the ball in.
Their standard play...?
The jump shot (J) --
as long as Js keep fallin.'

"I've built a vit-
amin!" "That right...?
So: whatcha gonna call it...?"
"Kalloo, kallay! 
I'll call it 'K.'
With "Koins" 'twill fill my wallet."

Chicago's got
(as Nome has not)
an elevated metro.
It's written 'L.'
(I know it well:
it's Loop looms loud...and retro!)

World Heritage blah, blah, blah...The Taj Mahalmond (Acra)

"Taj Mahalmond"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
1/4" by 1/4"

  Which 
cele-
brated 
sepul-
cher
     might 
please the 
legume 
connois-
seur
     your 
mum's be- 
come...? Just 
muster 
Mom and
     tote 'er 
to the 
Taj Ma-
halmond!

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

Ask'd "True or false:
'The Skater's Waltz'
was done by one Waldteufel...?",
I'd answer 'T.'* 
('F,' 'N' and 'B'...? 
Those three leave me less joyful.**)

     * Testees are instructed to enter, 
in the box provided, 'T' for 'true,' 'F' for 
'false,' 'B' for 'both' or 'N' for 'neither,' 
'nowt' or 'nertz.' ** Older mss show 
"annoyful" for "less joyful." 

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

If Hitler's faves
('bout whom Herr raves)
I deign to designate,
I 'S' redact --
'SS,' in fact --
for lugs we love to hate.

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

Readin,' 'ritin,'
'rithmetic: aren't
'R's the star(t)s of these...?
Not true! Not true!
Those final two
show, first, apostrophes!

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

If numbers I
would specify --
tho' nothin' too specific --
an 'n' you'd see,
like "...nth degree..."
tho' Ns can be horrific.

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

Intelligence -- 
i.e., good sense --
one rates with 'I' plus 'Q.'
Here's all ya do: 
t'your age add 2, 
then... (I've no clue: have you...?)

A Is For A: An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter P

'PE''s lead...? P! 
'PC''s need...? P!

P kicks off 'P&G'!

Plus, scored in threes, 
'p's prompt flutes, "Ple-e-e-ease:

toot very quietly!"

World Heritage Fruit, Vegetable & Cereal Grain Architecture Sites in Series, Series 2, Number 3.14 -- Washington, DC: The Lingon Memorial

"Washington, DC: The Lingon Memorial"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
1 2/3" by 1 2/3" 

    
  He's 
last seen, years
past, in The 
North Hjo Pic-
torial:
red, round, re-
spected...and 
so-o-o-o gastro-
norial.
Quick, now he's 
ripe, let's all 
pipe verse sen-
sorial:
♪ "Two for des-
sert at the 
Lingon Me-
morial." ♫

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

For 'semisphere
of lead' (one mere-
ly micrometers wide)...?
I'd pen a 'B'*
(halv'd 'BB', si...?),
though Bs ain't bona fide.

     * Not referenced is 
the British Broadcasting 
Corporation.

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

"If you'd commit 
some unknown bit
to paper, doing math,
just write an 'x,'" 
advise most techs,
"...nor take no 'o'ther path!"