A Disorganized Multilingual A to Z Poem

Saturday, September 1st 2001

noise poem: Raymond Federman. audio recording and production: Eric Dean Rasmussen and Shaun Sandor

music/sound/noise recorded and produced by Eric Dean Rasmussen and Shaun Sandor.

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Ah aie — aloah! Ahh aua — alleh Bobby bi. Beau: boo! Bo-By bi. Bunt: buh! Baa — Be: buy, beau, boo Baa — bi: bauf, boen, buh Cocky kike owe coup Kacki kikke auw kuh Cock: eek! Eye Coke: ooh Kick: iik! Auk Kuk: uuh Dah: Dee — Dido do Da: Die — Dieda do eh! Eve ear elu: Elie eh! yves eahr ilu: Ellie Fa: Fee fi fo foo Fah: Fee vie foh fuu Goggy-guy go goo gaggy-gei geh guh Hmmm! Hop-la Hhmm! hop-la I iye yid id idea! iiiiiiiiii! I ei jid did idee! ieieieieihhh! Jaw: Cheech, I…Joe — Jew? Jaw: tschiech, Ei…Joe --- Ju.. Kaka kuku kalo — knop Kaka kucku kalo — nopp Lolly-lye — Low Lou Lolly-lue — lie luu Law! Lee, lie low: loo Law! li, lu loh: luh Mommy! My moe moo! Mammy! Mai mae muh! Mommy — Mime? Oh, mu Mammy — Meim? Oh, mue Nah — Knee nigh, no new Nah — Nie naeh, nei neu oh!---------O---------- oh! oh!---------O--------- oh! Poppy-pie: po-poo — papo Pappe-pie: pa-puu — papo Pa? Pee? Piep? Oh, Poo! Pa? pi..? Peep? Oh, Puh! Queue barbeauque quuquy Koe barbi Q kjuquei Ra, rear-eye. Row, rue Ra, rar-aug. Rud, rei Saw: cease I — sew (Sioux) Saeg: ziehs Ei — zu (Sioux) Saucy sigh — so sue! Sose soh — su sue! Saws ease, I sew sou saegs leicht, Ich naeh zou Tati! Tie toe to… Tatti! Zei zeh zu… Ugh! Uni uno una un Ugh! Uni uno una ein Voila! Voix là: void vidi Voila! Stimme da: wo id geh seen Wha —? We? Why? Woe! Woo Wha —? Wi? wieso? weh! wuu Xuck — seeks eye — XO XU Xack — such aug — Xo Xu You yid yup yup yoo You jid yap yap yuu Zazie’s eyes: Ozu Zazie´s Augen: Ozu Zazeez, I zo! (Zoo)! Zazees´s Ich zo! (Zoo)!

Cite this essay

Federman, Ray. "A Disorganized Multilingual A to Z Poem" Electronic Book Review, 1 September 2001, https://electronicbookreview.com/publications/a-disorganized-multilingual-a-to-z-poem/