Eating My Words
I rustle and clatter and snap and splosh
I crack, I scull, I swish
I pop and dollop and splat and slosh
I scrape, I smack, I squish
I sip and gobble and gulp and slurp
I guzzle, I swallow, I crunch
I hiccough and blow and sometimes burp
I gargle, I glug, I munch
I chomp and chew and grind and squelch
I dribble, I gargle, I lick
I gurgle and suck and cough and belch
I groan. I feel sick!
I crack, I scull, I swish
I pop and dollop and splat and slosh
I scrape, I smack, I squish
I sip and gobble and gulp and slurp
I guzzle, I swallow, I crunch
I hiccough and blow and sometimes burp
I gargle, I glug, I munch
I chomp and chew and grind and squelch
I dribble, I gargle, I lick
I gurgle and suck and cough and belch
I groan. I feel sick!
This poem is copyright (©) Erica Chester 2026
About the Writer
Erica Chester
Erica lives, writes and teaches in Sydney, Australia. She loves writing humorous, whimsical poems about anything and everything, but especially about Australia and the English language. She loves to entertain students by writing about the intricacies, and difficulties, of the English language in a fun and engaging way.
