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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NOISES Matches Found: 79 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1945, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: When joe culhane eases the timber Last Line: And the green bus, packed with youth, %emigrates Subject(s): Details; Noises; Saws; Wood ADVICE FROM AUNT PRUDENCE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: While sipping soda, never guzzle Last Line: Where I understand you can Subject(s): Noises; Sound AT THE BARBERSHOP, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Draped in a cape Last Line: It's time to escape!! Subject(s): Noises; Sound AUNTIE'S SKIRTS, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever auntie moves around Last Line: And trundle after through the door. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 15 Subject(s): Aunts; Noises; Sound BAD MANNERS, by WYN COOPER Poem Source First Line: Guys with names like 8-ball Last Line: Let it spill on the floor Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Bars And Bartenders; Noises BELL, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: It is a hideous bell Last Line: Are the prisoners on release, %tempted by peace. Subject(s): Noises BILLY AND HIS DRUM, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ho! It's come, kids, come! Last Line: Ef you don't hear little billy an' his big bass drum! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Drums; Judgment Day; Musical Instruments; Noises; Childhood; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man BREATHING, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By day the brook is subsumed Last Line: Sucked down in its liquid mouth. Subject(s): Children; Collective Behavior; Noises; Childhood; Mobs; Crowds BUBBLE GUM, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Chunk-a-hunk-a bubble gum Last Line: Chunk-a-hunk-a... %pop! Subject(s): Noises; Sound BUMPTIOUS BURPS, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: We have a knack for sneak attacks Last Line: We sound %especially %loud! Subject(s): Noises; Sound CAUGHT IN THE ACT, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Hands off those potato chips Last Line: Betrayed by crinkling cellophane! Subject(s): Noises; Sound CITY MUSIC, by TONY MITTON Poem Source First Line: Snap your fingers Last Line: Is what we like Subject(s): Noises; Sound COMMISSARIAT CAMELS, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We haven't a camelty tune of our own Last Line: Pass it along the line! Subject(s): Animals; Noises; Sound CRUDITES, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Chinkety-chonkety %carrots and celery Last Line: Open your mouth %and in they'll skip Subject(s): Noises; Sound DARK MAGUS: 4. NNE, by RICHARD STEVENSON Poem Source First Line: Grow-11-11. Moan. Pick up the phone. Some lonely creature's Last Line: Pick up please. The wind is whistling through the trees Subject(s): Birds; Noises EARLY IN THE MORNING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come down to the station early in the morning Last Line: Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble %off they go! Subject(s): Noises; Sound EARLY WALKMAN, by TONY MITTON Poem Source First Line: Fasten seashell %onto each ear Last Line: That seashell song Subject(s): Noises; Sound EARS HEAR, by JR. JAMES L. HYMES Poem Source First Line: Flies buzz %motors roar Last Line: People scream :stop! Stop! Subject(s): Noises; Sound FARMHOUSE IN THE LANDSCAPE, by KATE NORTHROP Poem Source First Line: Seems like all rooms return to the kitchen, Last Line: I have to listen for my life %very carefully. Subject(s): Houses; Noises; Winter FIGHT CHOIR WITH CHOIR, by LAWRENCE SCHIMEL Poem Source First Line: I turned. I tossed Last Line: Our landlord vowed: %no pets aloud Subject(s): Animals; Noises FISHES' EVENING SONG, by DAHLOV IPCAR Poem Source First Line: Flip flop %flip flop Last Line: Just to soothe %sleepy fish Subject(s): Noises; Sound GULF LIGHTNING, by JULES LAFORGUE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I stood on a tower in the midst of the stars Last Line: Ah! To be nothing irretrievably! Subject(s): Life; Lightning; Noises; Universe; Lightning Rods HAY FEVER SEASON, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Spring is the season Last Line: I get to do my thing, too!%kerrrchoo! Subject(s): Noises; Sound HECTOR MCVECTOR, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Hector mcvector the hiccup collector Last Line: In order to tape the disorder Subject(s): Noises; Sound HIS WIFE SAID, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: The next time, noah, I insist Last Line: And in the din I hear you %snore! Subject(s): Noises; Sound IN AN APARTMENT, by ELLEN MARIE JENSEN Poem Text First Line: I live in a new apartment Last Line: And shrill violin! Subject(s): Landlords & Tenants; Moving & Movers; Noises IN THE WOOD, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Night's in the wood now, in poplars and larches Last Line: "shouting ""good-night, now!"" in the old madcap way." Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Blackbirds; Forests; Noises; Woods KITCHEN SINK-SONG, by TONY MITTON Poem Source First Line: Tap goes drip-drip Last Line: Toast goes pop! Subject(s): Noises; Sound LAUGHING TIME, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: It was laughing time, and the tall giraffe Subject(s): Noises; Sound LAUGHING TIME, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was laughing time, and the tall giraffe Last Line: Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Subject(s): Noises; Sound LISTEN, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Libraries have signs like these Last Line: Could it happen? It might. %listen! Subject(s): Noises; Sound LYDIA LUCE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Lydia luce prefers pits to pure juice Last Line: While she tangoes in time to their tune Subject(s): Noises; Sound MATCHIT MOODUS, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See you upon the lonely moor Last Line: When he crosses the wizard's grave. Subject(s): Noises MUMBO-JUMBO BREAKFAST, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source Last Line: Is the only thing that's quiet Subject(s): Noises; Sound NEW SHOES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My shoes are new and squeaky shoes Last Line: I've got to wear today Subject(s): Noises; Sound NIGHT SHIFT, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was not a heart, beating. Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Noises; Factories NOISE IN THE NIGHT, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: The best way to save face Last Line: With him in the line of fire Subject(s): Night; Noises NOISE METER, by MICHAEL COFFEY Poem Source First Line: So open out and hear Last Line: That sound that seems enough then %then is not enough Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Noises; Traffic; Violence NOISE OF THE CITY, by ANDRE SPIRE Poem Text Last Line: And the beating of my heart. Subject(s): Cities; Human Behavior; Laughter; Men; Noises; Urban Life; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ON THE CELLAR FLOOR, A SHADOW, by GINNY MACKENZIE Poem Source First Line: I am always catching sounds that code Last Line: When we make noises greater than ourselves Subject(s): Noises; Sound ON THE NING NANG NONG, by SPIKE MILLIGAN Poem Source Last Line: Is the ning nang ning nang nong! Subject(s): Noises; Sound OUR WASHING MACHINE, by PATRICIA HUBBELL Poem Source First Line: Our washing machine went whisity whirr Subject(s): Machinery And Machinists; Noises; Sound OUTDOOR CAFE APPROACHING STORM, by KEVIN PRUFER Poem Source First Line: My mouth wants a handful of coins to fill it Last Line: To bring a storm everything has been said so well %I cannot do better Subject(s): Environment; Noises; Storms PARADE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: On the fourth of july, oh isn't it grand Last Line: Oh, isn't it grand? Subject(s): Noises; Sound PIGGY BANK, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Money, money-yum-yum-yummy! Last Line: My tummy sings at feeding time Subject(s): Noises; Sound POPLAR: 2, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No gale that heaven could send her Last Line: Who hears exalt her art. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Noises; Poplar Trees; Storms QUACK!' SAID THE BILLY GOAT, by CHARLES STANLEY CAUSLEY Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: That's the reason why Alternate Author Name(s): Causley, Charles Subject(s): Goats; Noises; Sound QUACK, QUACK!, by THEODORE GEISEL Poem Source First Line: We have two ducks. One blue. One black Last Line: But black is a quicker quacker-backer Subject(s): Ducks; Noises; Sound QUIET AND TREMBLE, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: You are drawing yourself Last Line: Saluting the blue silk beyond %pain Subject(s): Noises RAIN DANCE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: When I wear my yellow slicker Last Line: With my private tap-dance band! Subject(s): Noises; Sound SADDEST NOISE, THE SWEETEST NOISE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: We wish the ear had not a heart %so dangerously near Variant Title(s): Poem: 1764; Poem: 178 Subject(s): Birds; Noises; Sound SCHOOL BUS RAP, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: I'm a bin, bin, bin Last Line: A school bus-chuff! %a school bus Subject(s): Noises; Sound SEA SPEAK, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: If every ocean %and every sea Last Line: With a zigzag %flashing Subject(s): Noises; Sound SMALL GHOSTIE, by BARBARA IRESON Poem Source First Line: When it's late and it's dark Last Line: We stay in our beds Subject(s): Noises; Sound SNOW SCENE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: In the hush of the cold Last Line: A particular quiet. %listen! Subject(s): Noises; Sound SOMETIMES THE TEAKETTLE RATTLES, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To pour out all at once Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Nature; Noises; Story-telling; Teapots SOUND, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO Poem Source First Line: Marc says the suffering that we don't see Last Line: Of a stone into a lake, before it drops. %it's shy, it's barely there. It never stops Subject(s): Noises; Pain; Sound SOUND COLLECTOR, by ROGER MCGOUGH Poem Source First Line: A stranger called this morning Last Line: Life will never be the same Subject(s): Noises; Sound SOUNDS BEGIN AGAIN, by DENNIS BRUTUS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: My sounds begin again Alternate Author Name(s): Bruin, John Subject(s): Human Rights; Noises; Pain; Violence SOW, by JOSEPH O. LEGASPI Poem Source First Line: Her squeal pierced the silence of the sabbath Last Line: Her wail became as much a part of us as the air Subject(s): Noises; Sabbath SPRING CONVERSATIONS, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Whisk!' %whirls the jump rope Last Line: Down %the court %across the street Subject(s): Noises; Sound STEEL BAND JUMP UP, by FAUSTIN CHARLES Poem Source First Line: I put my ear to the ground Last Line: Ping pong! Ping pong! Subject(s): Noises; Sound STREET WHERE NO ONE SLEEPS, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Lucia's forced to wear ear stoppers Last Line: Guarantee that no one sleeps Subject(s): Noises; Sound SUCH NOISES, by VICTORIA REDEL Poem Source First Line: Akhmatova said that I was wrong Last Line: Noises to wither my creamed and polished heart Subject(s): Noises SUMMER JAZZ, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Katydids fiddling with the crickets! Last Line: Tomorrow night let's jam again!' Subject(s): Noises; Sound SUMMER MORNING, by MICHAEL COFFEY Poem Source First Line: I saw a person get hit in traffic today Last Line: Clearing throats, making %any kind of noise Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Cities; Death; Noises; Streets; Traffic SWEET DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE, by STACEY FRUITS Poem Source First Line: I like it best when love forgets itself, when love is loud Last Line: Window box and watch me bloom inside the dead of winter Subject(s): Cities; Harlem (new York City); Noises; Poetry And Poets THE KATYDIDS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes I keep Last Line: Mommy dear! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Katydids; Night; Noises; Sleep; Bedtime THE TEAKETTLE SONG, by OLIVE LAVENA MURPHY Poem Text First Line: Oft, late at night, when all are asleep Last Line: And the wee, weird song that the teakettle sings. Subject(s): Noises; Teapots THE THRUSH AND THE MAN, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Time to get up! Time to get up! Says the thrush Last Line: Time to get up! O thrush, I rise—I hear! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Advice; Birds; Calm; Mankind; Noises; Thrushes; Waking; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility; Human Race UNUSUAL SHEPHERD, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Not every shepherd shepherds sheep Last Line: No wool have they-just ticks and tocks Subject(s): Noises; Sound WASHING MACHINE, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: I'm the washing machine Last Line: And then %I stop Subject(s): Noises; Sound WE'RE CROWS, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Tweet! Tweet! %chirp! Chirp! Last Line: No caw! Caw! Caw! %no crows! Subject(s): Noises; Sound WHAT NEXT?, by JORDAN MILLER Poem Source First Line: Call it music if you will, Last Line: Something new and something done. Subject(s): Future; Noises WILLIS WALKER, NONSTOP TALKER, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Jibber-jab-jibber Last Line: Who can talk back? Subject(s): Noises; Sound WIND, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: I am the wind of spring Last Line: And I'll blow you, too! %whip!Wallop! Whoosh! Subject(s): Noises; Sound WITCH'S INVITATION, by BOBBI KATZ Poem Source First Line: Ga-bumba-bumba-bumba Last Line: That they'd like some lizard stew Subject(s): Noises; Sound WORLD OF NOISE, by NICK MOUDRY Poem Source First Line: The landscape was full of newsreels Last Line: Told us we could no longer sleep & we lay always awake Subject(s): Landscape; Noises; Reality; Waking YOUR WAYS, by WYN COOPER Poem Source First Line: When is loud too loud, %chainsaw cutting woods Last Line: Before they knew your ways Subject(s): Bars And Bartenders; Ears; Noises; Poetry And Poets; Sound |
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