Life Dinosaur Poems

Jurassic Prayer

By Mark D. Stucky
We asked our preschooler to pray,
and with dinner plates before us
and our hands folded,
he paused in silence
and then roared in imitation
of...

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Wearing the wind in my hair
Come ride with me lose your care
We visit the woman who lives in a shoe
With all her kids in various...

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You stomp around 
Roaring like a dinosaur 
Making my heart whole 
With your beautiful smile.
You have changed my life
In so many ways. 
More then your...

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...And these A.I.s could reproduce themselves,
solving all the problems of production,
but they had been made weak, sort, an squishy,
so the dinos needn’t fear rebellion.

For thousands...

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The uniform was put on each work day
It started as blue serge cleaned and pressed creases to stay
And I progressed through the years dedicated
Changing blue...

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You are a friend of mine,                   ...

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I have a toddler who loves to play
Pretend – imaginary friend, make-believe
She pierces my heart with her adventures
Into the fantasy land of dinosaurs,
Dungeons and dragons,...

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Something you've never thought about
Having sex with a dinosaur, protection without
Pregnancy's a danger
A definite life changer
A “T-Sex” grinning loudly throughout...

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Let me decide what you can do with your body.
Let me impose my religion and my values on you.
What do you know? You are not...

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Dinosaur
I heard the ole man talkin-
so like usual - I stopped to listen
He was all worked up 'bout simple things
like family, a home, even huntin'...

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Once, a boy dinosaur named Vore wanted to explore outdoors
and not stay in for chores.  Vore thought he dislike nothing more than doing his...

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I am low to the ground, covered lizard, I will always be
I am not easy to catch, even more difficult to see.
I have not been...

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dinosaurs wilted
their floppy necks curled
foetal position
defeated by life
lights suddenly out
cruel death peaceful



AP: 3rd place 2020

Submitted on June 18, 2018 for contest WHEN SIX LINES IS...

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No thoughts left behind – memories full of pain
A planet of freed slaves
Freedom from our biological – molecular chain
From our dinosaur masters
Inherited a mouth full...

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Hide,
Scorched like gauze
Moving slowely and surefooted

A path no longer blazed yet
Bridges behind still burn

An opening,
A thousand eyes turn to stare
Fruitless in its search,
Faces no longer...

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