Note: The alphabet rhymes posted here are NOT intended for children. Check out A–H here and I–Q here.

 

R is for Rose, who imagined a scene

of sumo wrestlers facing opponents most lean.

 

S is for Sal, who had a great passion

for driving new patterns right out of fashion.

 

T is for Terry, who peered at the jaws

of a crocodile who had mastered our laws.

 

U is for Ulrich, who bested the rest

and made a big show of feathering his nest.

 

V is for Vicky, who desperately clung

to the taste of sage honey on the tip of her tongue.

 

W is for Wallace, who marked out the hours

eating gummy candy and poisoning flowers.

 

X is for Xia, who gazed through her skin

and pondered the ample sinew within.

 

Y is for Yogi, who wanted to know

the reason his head would not cease to grow.

 

Z is for Zoe, who looked to the end

with a grace that others wished she could lend.

 

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