I know it's highly unconvincing, Mrs Blackwell;
an unimaginable storyline no doubt.
In all your years of teaching science at St Hilda's
you must have thought our wild excuses would run out.
I know you'll calculate with ease my fabrication
but hope my alibi will raise a passing smile
for even scientific minds abrim with logic
can set imagination free once in a while.
And so to tell it in a nutshell Mrs Blackwell
last night a swarm of flying reptiles hit the town
and gazing upwards with increasing consternation
I noticed one was breaking rank and swooping down.
Then with a thud it landed right outside my window
its sturdy beak began to smash through my defence
I had to pinch myself to check I wasn't dreaming
for such Jurassic visions counter common sense.
And then the flaming pterodactyl ate my homework
and Mrs Blackwell, I do hope you'll understand
that when a flying reptile lands inside your bedroom
events will rarely go as smoothly as you'd planned!
10.02.21
...And Then A Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework Poetry Contest
Sponsor : John Lawless
Categories:
flying reptile, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
A paleontologist, I specialized on the fauna
that flourished in the Jurassic era.
So, when I got an invitation to speak
in an international seminar last summer,
on the habitat and extinction of dinosaurs,
I set out to do my homework seriously
on the topic, lest I fail to meet the time-line.
The day before the scheduled date of my talk
I completed the presentation work at home,
and went to sleep happy after the hard work.
Soon I drifted dreaming 165 million years back,
suddenly saw a unique winged finger-shaped bird
in the pristine sky, flying with a flaming trail,
perhaps in fury, for I ignored it in my work.
From its distinctive features
I could figure out what that creature was.
It was a pterodactyl, the flying reptile of the Jurassic,
that entered my room through the open window,
and then angrily ate my homework.
February 9, 2021
Contest : ...And Then A Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework
Sponsor : John Lawless
Categories:
flying reptile, bird, dream, homework,
Form: Free verse
...and then a flaming
Pterodacty ate my homework
Oh, No. A flying reptile
A bit wild
Flying high
In the purple skies
In the spring some 200 million years ago
I was in High School
And I wrote on all my class lessons on lizards stomach
My class homework on squid and shellfish eggs
I was walking home from Dino Rock High School
When came flying down a flaming pterodactyl
He ate my home work
and as I continued to walk he "belch" out fire
...and then a flaming
Pterodacty ate my homework
1/19/21
...And then a Flaming Pterodacty Ate My Homework Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: John Lawless
Categories:
flying reptile, analogy, anxiety, conflict, fate,
Form: Free verse