Mary Anning 1799 - 1847
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Born in Lyme Regis Dorset
a palaeontologist fossil collector
in the English Channel marine bed cliffs
and a coprolites (faeces) detector
who at only twelve years old
found the first tw...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, appreciation, beach, celebrity, character,
Form: Rhyme
The Man Who Rode Champ, Part I
...If you’ve been to north New York,
or the western side of Vermont,
you might’ve head of a sea monster,
the vast Lake Champlain is his haunt.
The locals all call him ‘Champy,’
not to dissimilar ...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, adventure, animal, crazy, drink,
Form: Narrative
Dinosaur Limericks
...Miss Velociraptor knew she was scary,
she’d be rich if for each scream she had a penny.
She tried her best not to growl,
not to chase, beat or foul,
but not for long could she stick with any.
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Categories:
plesiosaur, animal,
Form: Limerick
The Beast of Turtle Lake
...A legend tells of a place I know
where people feared to tread.
And if they did, they often disappeared
and the Natives feared them dead.
The Cree tell stories in whispered tones
o...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Dhal
...I knelt down covering the face with ground,
Romancing with hands spread
All over, exploring crevices, valleys
Undulating hills and mountains which spreadraggle.
His worshipful majesty blottin...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, mystery
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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!...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, allegory, animals, history, mysteryafrica,
Form: Quatrain
" Been Here Before "
...My father to me when i was young
What you tell me must have been fun
It was more than that
I was actually there
My first see
A Plesiosaur
Swimming in pods
A family of three
New to my worl...
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Categories:
plesiosaur, history, life, placesme, me,
Form: Rhyme