Funny Sound Poems

no, the instrument
not the president

jews harp, jaw harp
plucked from thy heart

by the shaman heals
meditation steals

its rhythms
across realms

eventualities
and through centuries

tricked by its old name lure
tricked by...

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I heard loud noises up on the roof,
It isn’t reindeer, it must be a spoof.
From my lounger I took a hop,
And ran outside to look...

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Afternoon autumn
Our neighborhood goes crazy
Like living in a dentist’s office

Drilling sucking blowing
Whining wincing scraping

Gurgle

My head tilted back
With a book on my chest
Mouth wide open
Staring into...

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wind of change blowing 
silence swept the crowded room~
noses smelled the stink

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Although my house needs a good cleaning,
toward an old movie, I’m leaning.
This dark, lurid doozie
about a young floozy
will save me from work so demeaning.

HMS and...

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In the early dawn, the loud barking of my dog
Woke me up;
I arose and went to the door leading out onto
The veranda;
I adjusted the blinds...

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At times the echo of my voice,
lingers far too long.
Something that wasn't my choice.
But results when another has gone.

Being alone I have found,
how loud silence...

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The neighbor down the street from me,
always had her polka dotted curtains open for all to see.
Music was playing loud, 
there was a beat to...

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Tramadah was trying to explain
Halloween to her black cat, Jermaine.
Two legged creatures go house to house.
May try to catch you. You could cough up a...

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buzz the bees
making honey ...
Hum, hum, hum
infernal mess
on the playground ...
Buzz... buzz ... buzz...
hum the drill of
dentist on teeth ...
Hum, hum, hum,
it's too much gossip...

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PHTHONOS MUST HAVE FOUND TIME TO
COME UP WITH A PLAN TO CAUSE ME ILL
THE MENTION OF YOUR NAME
STILL IS A THRILL
AINT KNOW WORDS TO SPEAK
TO...

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There once was a young lass 
Who wanted some quick cash, 
And one Sunday she did pray at mass 
With God’s answer was ‘this surely...

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Little Lucy likes liver
Long legged Lou loves Lucy
Loquacious Lenny laments loudly
Lovely Linda listens little
Listen Linda Listen!
Laborious Leroy lives luxuriously
Lethargic Larry lies levitating
Liberal Lillian languishes longingly
Looking...

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What is that strange sound? I demand.
My husband hears nothing.
You do not hear that?
He shakes his head ‘no’.
“That sound of water running?”
He listens. “You mean...

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The train chugged along the track
The ducks all said quack quack quack
The cows said Moo 
And birds flew



Over the fastest train in the world
The ducks...

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