Onomatopoeia Sound Poems | Examples
These Onomatopoeia Sound poems are examples of Sound poems about Onomatopoeia. These are the best examples of Sound Onomatopoeia poems written by international poets.
Clickity clack, clickity clack
the sound keeps coming back
I remember the ride,
had time to bide,
as the train clattered along.
We swished and swirled further beyond
the burbling golden pond
than I had ever been,
affirmed my grin,
as the train whizzed gaily along.
I remember the zip and zap,
then the sharp, sudden snap,
my head against the seat
and the fierce heat
as the train swiftly zoomed along.
I remember the sudden smash,
the sound of booming crash,
dreadful growling rail wheels,
turned on their heels
as the train shrieked and screeched along!
Fuzzy borders
Between onomatopoeia
And exclamations
Avon calls. DING DONG!
Small bells TING-A-LING-A-LING.
Chinese gong goes BONG.
School’s out. One last RING
One more angle: sleigh bells JINGLE JANGLE.
ONOMATOPEIA, Baby. ONOMATOPEIA.
Bird-speak – CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP.
Most birds CHIRP: a few CUCKOO.
Baby chickens PEEP.
Night owls COO or question HOO!
Many here I lack. Ducks, for instance, QUACK.
ONOMATOPEIA, Baby. ONOMATOPEIA.
Autumn walk – I CRUNCH.
leaves beneath me, but I’ll SPLATTER
if there’s rain! I MUNCH
peanuts as I walk. PITTER-PATTER!
Home I run. BOO-HOO! Now I sneeze ACHOO!
ONOMATOPEIA, Baby. ONOMATOPEIA.
July 20, 2022
For the Onomatopoeia Poetry Contest of Emile Pinet
The whoosh of the wild winter wind
wrapped me within swift swishing swirls
whipping me on till there it stood,
a lonely cabin in the wood.
The shrill shriek of the screech owl split
the whoosh of the wild winter wind
and he swooped about the cabin,
stalking his prey with clever wit.
The cabin’s shutters banged about,
no shelter from the whistle or
the whoosh of the wild winter wind,
and whined of the coming whiteout.
The burbling creek where graupels splat
babbled past the lonely cabin
as the birch creaked their welcome at
the whoosh of the wild winter wind.
Whip, click, clip, umbrellas flatten near the stairs
Stomp, slap, clap, echo footsteps here and there
Rumble, rattle, honk! goes the subway along the tracks
“Hey”, “Wait”, “No!”, voices shouting are just the facts.
Scrape, screech, hiss, loud noises of metro brakes
Clack, shudder, ping! sounds the electric doors make
Clamp, clomp, pound, as the people stamp inside
Whoosh, whisk, hummm, as we take our subway ride.
10/26/2021
Onomatopoeia
Tadpole tails flap!
Lightning strikes, zip-zap!
Showers rinse, splish-splash!
Gulp, sip from sun's cup!
Boing, flowers spring up!
Forests rumble~
Bambi's hustle!
Branches rustle~
Thumping bunnies!
Crack, chicks hatch!
Chirp, birds tweet!
Bleat, lambs leap!
Wildlife
revives,
speaks!
3-2-2021
Spring Diminished Hexaverse Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
One or more words that make the sound as you speak
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Oink is an example and so are squeal and squeak
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Ouch! You’d exclaim if pinched by a sneak
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Outstanding is this creative language technique
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Kim’s Acrostic Play Contest
11/09/20
Snake's hiss
Death's kiss
An ingenious device is a basketball net:
Swish, swoosh, swoosh, swish---
Its sweet sound made
From a cager's wish. (A 'cager' is a basketball player)
Close your eyes; let your mind run free,
Picture the ball arching gracefully,
A round, rubber rainbow coursing through the air
Willing its way on a wing and a prayer.
Swish, swoosh, swish, swoosh:
One after another the balls pour on in.
Swoosh, swish, swoosh, swish;
The nets' cords snap,
Cagers high-fives slap.
Swish after swoosh,
Swoosh after swish:
The sweet sound made
From a cager's wish.