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Sauropod Survivor Saviors (Co-Written With James Fraser)

Shh! Scientists can't find us, only natives know Sauropods survived when dinosaurs went extinct Cameroon people have spotted us many times Please help us hide! Our species' future's on the brink! Email received, confirmed sightings in Cameroon Scientists meet, to discuss an expedition To discover such creatures are living today We must investigate, fact or speculation Damn! The word has gone out that we may be alive Guess leaving footprints three-feet wide was not too wise Researchers are arriving with sonar in boats Thirty-foot forms in rivers are hard to disguise We are now underway, West Africa we head In search of this wonder will these Sauropods show To capture them on film to learn how they survived Will they reveal themselves, in their dense jungle flow The Jurassic Period? They were way off base They think that was the demise of most dinosaurs Scientists haven't a clue, but 'tween me and you My Loch Ness cousin's laughing; he's a plesiosaur Africa reached, camp set up in the jungle It's certainly different to Drumnadrochit Footprints, something big up ahead is closing in By Jove a Sauropod, i think we've found it Oh, Dear! I just stepped out of the river to eat I'm birthing a child and needed to munch some leaves But I think we've been spotted; this was our last hope My daughter's our species' last female, I believe A glimpse through the trees sighting confirmed, Wow! check this Mother and calf, with not a care in their jungle How very fortunate we are to witness this scene We have to leave them alone; this we can't bungle We now send the co-author tag to John Loving and James Peranteau! Have at it, boys!!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 10/9/2012 7:07:00 PM
A great collaboration, Carolyn and James! Not only entertaining but very interesting too! Congratulations on your poem being featured this week on soup. Love, Annalise
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Date: 10/9/2012 12:34:00 PM
Great idea the co-author, Carolyn. As a fellow spook I like this one - instructional too. Next time I visit the Cameroon people I will be on the watch out. Congrats on the selection. Love, daver
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Date: 10/9/2012 8:35:00 AM
Congratulations so happy to read your featured poem this week Carolyn & James. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/9/2009 7:07:00 AM
I believe that scientists will wonder to find a new specis. Who knows waht and where some survived. I always liked the stories about Nessie. An excellent piece of writing, Carolyn. Gert
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Date: 8/3/2009 8:46:00 AM
This is like a gift ! Given in waiting arms (minds),...wow,...how wonderful the two of you,..two great poets eclipsed in such a way,..no one could ever forget,..at least this poet shal'nt !!! Wonderful poetry my dear friends !!!! james
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Date: 8/2/2009 11:35:00 PM
Very interesting...I loved it...the southern belle
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Date: 8/2/2009 10:22:00 AM
Hi Carolyn ( and James ).. giant worms, giant eels, Sauropods and Plesiosaurs... where do they all go to when being hunted by the camera.. where did they go to survive the centuries and the great extinction... under-sea, under-earth caverns and lakes ... ? Covering their tracks by filling in their burrows behind them... Great co write !
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Date: 8/1/2009 8:27:00 AM
Excellent write, I loved it. You guys do great together....Aleera
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Date: 7/31/2009 10:17:00 AM
DAM!! another great lesson about a creature I hope I never come across. Enjoyed this read and also for the great story as always. enjoy your day.
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Date: 7/31/2009 10:09:00 AM
Interesting write. Keep it up. Sara
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Date: 7/30/2009 10:58:00 PM
Superb Caroline and James,what a Duo you are--excellent:)--charma
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Date: 7/30/2009 1:04:00 PM
Well done Carolyn and James, a brilliant poem and written together magnificently, I enjoyed it immensly... Love Jo x
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Date: 7/30/2009 9:29:00 AM
You and James make quite the power team Carolyn, this was a wonderful adventure through the magnificent world of creativity.
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Date: 7/29/2009 9:38:00 PM
What an excellent poem. It is interesting, and flows together perfectly. The style and subject work together very well. You two did a great job on this. Note: I think that dinosaurs-reptiles, except for the surviving few, became extinct because they finished their task on earth. I think that they breathed in amonia rich air loaded with methane and exhaled carbon dioxide needed by plant life. In turn, the plants exhaled oxygen in prep. for mammals, etc. The job finished> extinction. Love, Dane
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Date: 7/29/2009 6:16:00 PM
Great fun, chaps! Brilliant effort against the clock! Thanks for your comments on "John Lennon". Glad someone got the imagine reference! The animal epigrams are for a bestiary, so expect more ...
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Date: 7/29/2009 4:18:00 PM
Magnificent! Carolyn and James! what a ride to survive! BRAVO!!!!! jimbo....and thanks for your kind comments! Carolyn!
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Date: 7/29/2009 3:59:00 PM
If you ask me. I don't think they missed it at all. I'm pretty sure that they made it. With Many more to come. Some where on this planet a mad scientist with no regard to ethics created this monster and dumped it. Like someone putting an aligator in the sewer. Jurassic Park only gave light to the possibllity. God was right "Nothing will be withheld from them."
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Date: 7/29/2009 2:56:00 PM
Well done , you dymanic duo. Lets introduce them to my Bigfoot. BG
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Date: 7/29/2009 1:36:00 PM
This is really cute, the narration this, God bless, Moses
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Date: 7/29/2009 9:39:00 AM
Things that make ya go hmmmmmm. Light & Love Adventurers
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