Toot! Toot! All aboard!
Chugga-chugga,
Chugga-chugga,
Chugga-chugga,
Chugga-chugga—
Clickity-clack!
Yakety-yak!
Onomatopoeia!
Quack! Oink! Moo!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Onomatopoeia!
If you’ve a sound to emphasize
Then simply do so via—
One-e-an-a-two-e-an-a-onomatopoeia!
Hippity-hop!
Clippity-clop!
Onomatopoeia!
Zip! Zap! Zing!
Ring-a-ling-a-ling!
Onomatopoeia!
A keen device that’s sure to serve
As poet’s panacea—
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-onomatopoeia!
Biff! Bam! Bop!
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
Onomatopoeia!
Whip! Whir! Whiz!
Plop, plop! Fizz, fizz!
Onomatopoeia!
From prison doors at Alcatraz
To goats in Tanzania—
E-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-onomatopoeia!
Rah, rah, rah!
Sis-boom-bah!
Onomatopoeia!
Clang, clang, clang!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Onomatopoeia!
Enunciated splendidly!
Now you’ve got the idea—
Supercalifragilisticonomatopoeia!
Oh, there’s no place in this wide world
That I would rather be-a
Than a-midst the sonic bliss of onomatopoeia!
Author notes
on-o-mat-o-poe-ia [on-uh-maht-uh-pee-uh] :
1. the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
2. a word so formed.
3. Rhetoric . the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect.
A contest entry
- Give me six ..... by Tamera.
850 points, ended August 27, 2007, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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fantastic
this has got to be one of the most interesting and unique and incredibly fun things i've ever read on this site or elsewhere. you made it look effortless but i have a feeling it wasn't quite as easy to write as it was to read. just great.
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abso-total-utely on-o-mat-o-poe-ia-lis-cious
. I really enjoyed this and can appreciate it from many angles. Thank you,
reenie
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For some reason, and this is probably common amongst the readers, I feel like this should have been on schoolhouse rock or something. It would come right after "conjunction junction." I think of my favorite part was:
"Enunciated splendidly!
Now you’ve got the idea—
Supercalifragilisticonomatopoeia!"
Love it! BRAVO! -
this had to of been fun to write it's light-hearted and just plain fun. it should be in schoolbooks to teach kids
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Haha! Wow, i really like it. Very light, humorous, and well thought up. Haven't seen a poem like it before. SO yeah, thumbs up from me!
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Amazing
I wish that one of my teachers in grade school could have come up with this to help me remember what onomatopoeia was !
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This is not only a delightful verse but presents a wonderful opportunity to teach about the onomatopoeia. You begin by chugging down the track and you don't ever lose steam. Just a wonderful read.
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wow great write i enjoyed it
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Thank you for entering, I think you covered about every possible onomatopeia it is a very powerful poetic devise, and you have it's use down. I doubt another person could have used so many and still keep the reader reading to the end and entertained. Well done.
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reminds me of Spike Milligan....
On the ning nang nong, where the cows go bong
and the monkies all jibber jabber joo
smiley stuff
yes
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Sizzle Sizzle Bang!
Doh!
Got to love a good sound word...and no one strings 'em together like you mate. x
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That was a lot of fun to read, I felt like I was in the middle of an old Batman episode
Good luck in the contest!
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This seems like a wonderful poem for teaching children that onomatopoeia just isn't something the dog does to the rug.
This was fun to read, and even funner to read out loud.
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Thank you for entering, clap , clap, (onomatopoeia)
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Well it sounds like you were enjoying yourself – how about the tintinnabulationonomatopoeia of the bells!¡
Most of these are the obvious type… you think ‘the tap dripped’ is?¿ Or phrases like ‘deep down thirty steps of stone’ perhaps not true onomatopoeia… but in the same area.
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