Two Poems

Ode to /o/

for ozone, lodestones,    oboe solos, for mole holes, blowholes,    toes, for stoats, rolled oats, boat    shows, for moats, hobos, colts, for    north doors, worn cloaks, cold    slopes, for old bones, voles, for    snows, rose bows, for Yoko    Ono, trolls, toads, for bold    roans, jokes, pogos, for momos,    dodos, for O Ode to /i:/ each eek, beak    each peak, each lead leek,    freak, each Greek, repeat,    deep geek, each ear, each    deer, heat, each Jeep, creek,    leap, sleep, each neap, treat,    keep, steep, each Preeti, each    gleek, weepy sheep, each cleat,    each delete

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