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Paleontology Poems

Lizard Brained

...You can, if you wish,
watch your thoughts change
into small dinosaur-birds
feathers returning to armored scales;
see the terrible teeth native to the sparrow's beak.

Tucked into small bundles ...

Categories: paleontology, poetry,
Form: Free verse

The Dinosaur Ai, Part I

...I used to be an archaeologist,
and minored in paleontology,
had a job at a college and tenure,
Dr. Bascomb was what students called me.

I specialized much in the early years,
the emergence of ...

Categories: paleontology, animal, computer, dark, history,
Form: Narrative

Sedwick

...To have been there and discovered what time can do 
to a place is astounding.
All the memories flash by before I wake.

Missing true colors, images in only pastel shades which 
have borders and ...

Categories: paleontology, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

My Brain Trust

...Playing Trivia Pursuit verifies I learn little
About things that don't concern people, animals, or us,
Biology, and zoology, I never fiddle.
And subjects like paleontology I do not fuss,
Median, ...

Categories: paleontology, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Light Verse

Open Letter To Thomas Jefferson

...Open Letter to Thomas Jefferson

You sir, destination unknown, I dare
To address. A son of worthy causes  
For land vast in majesty and vast as
Vast can be in matters of liberty;
With ideals so...

Categories: paleontology, america, character, patriotic, peace,
Form: Blank verse

Pale Paleontologist Playing Piccolos

...A pea in a blanket.  help assistance is required for the gnome was drawing near to the fire but was blocked by a rat who has morphed into a bee. Worker bee. Good. Fantastic. And now the baboon ensure...

Categories: paleontology, basketball, bible,
Form: I do not know?

In Allusion To Questions On Science and Religion

...IN ALLUSION TO QUESTIONS ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Continuous documents of life lived and gone
Lay buried beneath Earth’s various layers:
More precious than gold is petrified bone;
Save the quest...

Categories: paleontology, allegory, bible, confusion, introspection,
Form: Sonnet

The Canopy and Economy

...Sun and traffic - day economy.
Six a.m. drive to plywood mill. Too tired
to be angry. Each day a step
toward death. What is being accomplished? The
small satisfactions
within each day. Book cons...

Categories: paleontology, baby, day, history, jobs,
Form: Verse

Paleontology and Politics

...I love it when she does her laundry in a very scientific way,
intrigued when she haikus about dinosaurs and paleontology;
but when she bitches not getting noticed for her political stuff,
I shake ...

Categories: paleontology, friendship
Form: Free verse