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Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

Poem by Yuen Ren Chao
"Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" is a short narrative poem written in Literary Chinese that is composed of about 94 characters in which every word is pronounced shi when read in modern Standard Chinese, a dialect based on the Mandarin Chinese... Wikipedia
Hanyu Pinyin: Shīshì shí shī shǐ
Hokkien POJ: Si-sī si̍t sai sú
Literal meaning: The story of Mr. Shi eating lions
Simplified Chinese: 施氏食狮史
Tongyong Pinyin: Shih-shìh shíh shih shǐh
Wade–Giles: Shih1-shih4 shih2 shih1 shih3