World Heritage and so forth: Pearamids at Giza (Egypt)

"Pearamids at Giza"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
1" by 7/9"

Scorchees 

searchin' 

sere Sa-

haras 

for des-

serts de-

sign'd to 

please a-
ficio-
nados 
of the 
phara'hs
plump for 
Peara-
mids at 
Giza.

Lettuce Not Ptomain You! A Supplication to Establish a National Minimum Wage for the True but Unheralded Salad Bar Workers or The Different Green New Deal

"Colonel Cyclops"
by Big Pig at Hogmalion
silkscreen print
digitally framed
5" by 10"

Rocket (or Arugula), Batavia (or Summer Crisp),

Belgian Endive, Boston, Bibb...plus Dandelions (just a whisp),

Batavia and Butter Lettuce, Curly Endive, Mesclun, Leaf,

Frisée and Iceberg, Little Gems, Radicchio…let me be brief:
too long have salad fixin's slaved behind the scenes. But now we see 'em,
wilted, left bereft of dressing... (Tell me! How'd you like to be 'em...?)
Why can't lettuces today earn living wages – plus per diem! –

when, each leaf in her own way, now plays the Romaine Kaleosseum...?

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." ♫