Poems with Lois Letchford: Louder Than a Clap of Thunder

26 Nov 2020 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, Lois Letchford—author of Reversed: A Memoir and a literacy problem‑solver—delivers a spoken‑word performance of a poem titled “Louder Than a Clap of Thunder,” attributed to Jack Palutski of New Kids on the Block. The piece strings together a series of vivid, hyperbolic auditory metaphors (e.g., louder than an eagle’s scream, a dragon’s blunder, a 4‑alarmer, a rushing waterfall, a knight jumping from a wall, an earthquake, a tidal wave, an ogre’s grumble, stampeding cattle, a cannon’s roar, a giant’s rattle) to illustrate the extreme loudness of her father’s snoring. The performance concludes with a typical YouTube call‑to‑action urging viewers to like, subscribe, and share the video.

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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading from Jack Palutski, New Kids on the Block. Louder than a clap of thunder. Louder than a clap of thunder. Louder than an eagle screams. Louder than a dragon blunders or a dozen football teams. Louder than a 4-alarmer. Or a rushing waterfall. Louder than a knight in armour jumping from a 10-foot wall. Louder than an earthquake rumbles. Louder than a tidal wave. Louder than an ogre grumbles as he stumbles through his cave. Louder than stampeding cattle. Louder than a cannon's roar. Louder than a giant's rattle. That's how loud my father snores. Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and share.