I have the measles and the mumps, a gash, a rash and purple bumps. ~ Shel

Most everyone probably has a favorite word that represents a noise as well as sounds like said noise. These can list from splat, meow, clash, glug, thud, and so on. Feel like checking out a few strange-sounding words? Then click on over to this list made by English Banana. I absolutely love to use onomatopoeias in not only my poetry, but my writing as well. It definitely assists in the showing aspect as opposed to the telling problem!

Little rhyming couplets are often seen in works for children because they're simple, catchy, and not mention...they rhyme. As a kid, I used to love to read Shel Silverstein, a famous children's author who wrote books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and Runny Babbit (compiled shortly after his death). The couplets were always fascinating to read, the pictures interesting, and probably gave me a true love for poetry today. Wanna check out some of Shel's rhymes? Then scoot on over to Giggle Poetry.com!