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WORKING PARENTS (alternative version), a poem by Lee Emmett, Australia Other Baby, babies, infants Poems Other Onomatopoeia Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Baby, babies, infants Poems & Onomatopoeia Poetry Viewed 1712 times Author: Lee Emmett, Australia Share Poem WORKING PARENTS (alternative version) hush now … whisper low softly speak … she’s sleeping breath slow … gentle flow swiftly goes sweet night cla-mour! ham-mer! bang! slam! she’s waking! brrr-ing! brr-ing! alarm rings panic starts work-day Click to purchase Print 126316 0 Other Author Poems SPORTS INJURIES RUNNING WATER (Onomatopoeia) THOUSAND STEPS Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added Lee Emmett thanks Anonymous, onomatopoeia falls naturally out of the 'new baby' context ... parental ears are very alert to all sorts of noises!! Australia 5/27/2008 4:46:44 AM this poem really shows the day of working parents with a new baby 5/26/2008 11:29:01 PM Lee Thanks Miriam ... some words are suggestive of sounds or actions ... like using words with sibilants 's' and 'sh' for whispering effects ... or harsh vowels for noisy actions ... like 'a' in clamour, bang, panic ... try experimenting a bit yourself ... if you get stuck ... go to the source ... the dictionary!!! ... find some words and see if they suggest some sounds or actions ... eg. gallop, swagger, dash, wriggle ... AUS 3/26/2008 11:53:52 AM miriam its so cool how did you get the emotion the you know feeling my mom will love this when i read it to herhahahahahaha well gotta go and think about it us 3/26/2008 9:45:29 AM     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Votes: 1      Average Rating: 4      points: 4 HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=126316">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "WORKING PARENTS (alternative version)" by Lee Emmett, Australia</a>