These Are My JOTtings...

Perspective: A View of Letters

Vowels are architectural structures,
emoting many views.

Climbing A to dive into O
so filled with chocolate pudding.
I love th'experience to know,
while playing with my wording.

A jungle gym is E to me
and I the fireman's pole.
I swing like Olga Korbut free
and slide down quickest goal.

But U is surfed to greatest Joy
by skateboard's wondrous skill!
The rider's love's without alloy
in half-pipe's lasting thrill!

But consonants are constant thrills,
like many colored C's.
The reds and oranges of stills
with depths of bluest freeze.

Yet waves are shaped like C's and G's
and J's and S's, too.
Let's ride the boogie board on knees
and shoot the pipeline through.

Our target practice narrows much
from curious Q to D,
But smaller yet the panes and such
from B and R to P.

The friends of E are swingers, too,
but could be window panes.
Put F, H, L, T in one view...
two windows right as rain.

Put F and T as door's top half
with H and L below.
Together is a door we graph
that little people know.

The sliding letters children love
are M, V, W, Y
And K and X more slides above
with N - Z rolling by.

Perspective is the beauty choice
of those, who dare to see.
In playful thoughts we all rejoice
at soul so newly free!

So, slide on letters, jump in pools,
climb up vowels without your rules!
Make your doors and ride your waves!
Skate on board as heart so brave!

Then in alphabetic zoo
pet the animals so true.
When in Kindergarten's days,
Alligator A displays.

When your horsey goes to jail,
There's no more letters to assail
For zebra has the stripes on he
as people, who perspective see.

by Jay O'Toole
on March 10th, 2018