it’s the crowing,
the roo-roo-rooster-ing
the rahr-rahr-rahr-ing
rumbling from room to room
it’s the noise of boys
heralds the day from waking
to sleeping
they shout
and through and through
the sonancy of play
two boys bound,
the one an echo of the other
rebounding cries
ring the house round
their din, their din,
every intonation a vibration
a bang, a buzz, a blast
until at last… but no…
even in dreams, ring out
shouts of a slumbing sword-fight:
snicker-snack–SWORDS!
***
This poem hardly does justice to the noise level my boys can reach in their playtime fun! I had fun creating this poem about sound using many sound devices like alliteration, internal rhyme, and onomatopoeia! Using sound in poetry is one sensory detail overlooked far too often.
Since challenging myself to create a poem dedicated to the “noisy-ness” of boys, I’ve been paying more attention to the specific noises my boys make. I’d say it’s very eye-opening but… that would be the wrong sense, now wouldn’t it!?
I’ll leave you with an Instagram video of my youngest boy crowing like a rooster. Which he loves to do at the mere sight of a picture of a rooster, or even if you SAY the word “rooster!”
Do you have a noisy house full of boys? (Well, it only takes one! Ha!)
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