Towards the end of August our school and two other small primary schools, Carlisle River and Alvie Consolidated plan to hold a poetry competition. These are the first efforts from our school using the technique of onomatopoeia.

The classroom
The hum of the lights
The cackle of the little kids
The squeak of the door
The thump of the tubs banging
The rustle of the pieces of paper
The stamping of students
The whispering of students

The slurping of the drink bottle
The whisper of Jackson
The humming of the fish tank
The screeches of pencils writing
The thumping of people walking

Sounds in a classroom
The Crack of the footsteps
The Swiss of the heater
The squeak of the door
The thump of the lockers
The buzz of the lights
The whisper of the talking
The crunch of the pencils

Sounds in the classroom
The woosh of the heater.
The screek of the floor.
The click of the floor

Yawns from other people
The buzzing from the light
The thumps of a teacher foot
An alarm from a computer
The click from a clock
The boom from my heart
The chattering of a teacher with a parent

The thumping of the tubs
The bubbling of the fish tank
The squeaking of the door
The fizzing of the lights
The ticking of the clock
The thumb of people’s feet
The whisper of the people

Sounds in our classroom
The squeaking of the door opening
The thumping of Mr Rogers foot steps
The fizzing of the lights
The bubbling of the fish tank
The banging of a heart beat
The skating of the people writing
The ticking of the clock