- Uuuiiie: : Humour Poem by Alessandra Liverani

uuuiiie – that’s not fair
How can I display my fabulous flair
So you think ywkqzjx is better
Believe me, this is not a good string of letters

A few consonants and vowels is all I ask
So that I am not given such an impossible task
uuuiiie – what kind of joke is this?
This game is not one that I’ll reminisce

There’s nowhere to go, the board’s all blocked
Into Scrabble hell we’ve all been locked
There’s Double Words galore way over there
But we’ve got all tightened up in this little square

I thought playing Scrabble was supposed to be fun
With letters like jxinaing, wtaiesr or tuodone
Placing them down on the board with élan
Seven letters at once, strategically planned!

Covering two triple word boxes all in one go
Then you could just sit there happily and crow
But what’s with this uuuiiie
I’d rather be falling over and skinning my knee

(Sydney, Australia - 2007)