U is for Ucalegon

I mentioned already that there are over 55 different types of poetry. Another type or kind of poetry is called "Enjambment."

Definition of Enjambment

The word Enjambment comes from the French word for "to straddle."

 Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet into the next. Here is my attempt at my very first enjambment.

 Ucalegon

by

Gregg Metcalf

Even though the danger is gone

I still think about my ucalegon

The ucalegon I had never met

Prior to that alarming threat

Once the danger was discovered

Its source was soon uncovered

The ucalegon could not be found

as I took time to look all around

The ucalegon’s loss was huge

Making him feel like a stooge

Poems about ucalegons are rare

even if they are written with care

Since you might not turn to Webster

causing your curiosity to fester 

The meaning of the word ucalegon

is a neighbor whose house burned down