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Onomatopoeia

Our hen dropped an egg – plop! Orange balloon stuck - pop! Odd wee bird sang - cuckoo! Obese farmer screamed - shoo! Old satin skirt went - swish! Once ripe grape trampled – squish! One sound-word this – oh, pish! Written April 2, 2021

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 4/6/2021 5:57:00 PM

Ha Ha!...amusing ad clever.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/6/2021 5:58:00 PM

Thanks, Shirley.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/3/2021 10:02:00 AM

Love this! And the ending perfect!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/3/2021 12:14:00 PM

Thanks, Kim. I wrote it for the contest, then decided I could do better with "Oafs." These poems are like word games.

Robert Pettit

Date: 4/3/2021 8:49:00 AM

Enjoyable short poem about naturally sounding words. I invented a nickname for some girl I knew in college. "Boomboom" was the sound she made when she walked.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/3/2021 9:01:00 AM

Oh, yeah, I've known a few of them in my time. Thanks for the read, Robert.