The Age of Dinosaurs By James Scruton There are, of course, theories about the wide-eyed, drop-jawed fascination children have for them, about how, before he's learned his own phone number or address, a five-year-old can carry like a few small stones the Latin tonnage of those names, the prefixes and preferences for leaf or meat. My son recites the syllables I stumble over now, sets up figures as I did years ago in his prehistory. Here is the green ski slope of a brontosaur's back, there a triceratops in full gladiator gear. From the arm of a chair a pterodactyl surveys the dark primeval carpet. Each has disappeared from time to time, excavated finally from beneath a cabinet or the sofa cushions, only to be buried again among its kind in the deep toy chest, the closed lid snug as earth. The next time they're brought out to roam the living room another bone's been found somewhere, a tooth or fragment of an eggshell dusted off, brushing away some long-held notion about their life-span or intelligence, warm blood or cold. On the floor they face off as if debating the latest find, what part of which one of them has been discovered this time. Or else they stand abreast in one long row, side by scaly side, waiting to fall like dominoes, my son's tossed tennis ball a neon yellow asteroid, his shadow a dark cloud when he stands, his fervor for them cooling so slowly he can't feel it— the speed of glaciers, maybe, how one age slides into the next.
Discover Prehistoric Charm with Short Poems About Dinosaurs "Dinosaurs, meaning “terrible lizards,” were a diverse group of reptiles that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. These prehistoric creatures have captured the imagination of people for centuries, and have been the subject of various poems and works of literature. From fearsome predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex to gentle giants like Brachiosaurus, dinosaurs continue to fascinate us with their size, strength, and mystery." 1. Ancient Giants In eras past where giants trod, Majestic dinosaurs, unflawed. Their mighty roars once filled the air, In ancient times, both raw and fair. 33 Short Poems About Dinosaurs
“In days of old When nights were cold And school days were unknown The mildest roar of a dinosaur Would chill you to the bone!” “Triceratops is the tops. As when it comes to eating, he never stops!”
Pete (An ode to my Pet dinosauris, in the Milpleistocene Era.) In thinking over the numerous incarnations of an Eventful, not to say long, existence, I pick upon The fact brought out in the following stanzas as Being the saddest memory with which I must contend. That I explain it in meter is my misfortune, not my fault. In Era Milpleistocene I owned a dinosaurus tame But ages gone, he passed away Now life without him's not the same I've owned a dog, I've tried a pig A dik-dik's sported 'bout my feet But no pet ere will take the place Of my own dinosaurus, Pete I called him Pete, for daily he’d Devour of oak trees quite a bunch, Then snuggling close beside me’d purr, “Oh, master, please rePete that lunch.” And I, an embryonic man, Was garbed in hirsute whiskers and… My costume elsewhere was quite vague, Unless it were a smile so bland. My life it was a simple thing I scarcely ever ventured out Without my dinosaur to keep Me from an ichthyosaur's snout We’d oft indulge in playful sport, I’d roll huge boulders on his head, And when in glee he’d turn him o’er, I’d beat his tummy to a shred. My feet they were prehensile then with them I'd gaily climb a tree Until from far above my Pete I'd hurl strange mouthings down at he Our atmosphere, volcanic gas, Beside which Bryan’s speeches loose, Emasculated, quite appear Like merest unfermented juice Ah! Evolution, though so great, Thou’st brought me sorrow, quite terrific, By taking from me my own pet, Of ages paleontolithic. I sit me in my study now My incarnations pass before In none was I so happy quite As with my Pete, my dinosaur. Spencer B. P. Bull
Speaking of dinosaurs, my daughter swears one of my chickens is a velociraptor, Black plumage, red eyes, yellow claws, thick legs--if it were 6 feet tall, I definitely would hide.