Short Pterodactyl Poems

pterodactyl 
hieroglyphic successor
condor ancestor...

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...And then a flaming Pterodactyl ate my homework

John G. Lawless
©6/16/2023...

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Always wondered about sign language
Are there signs for things that dangle
Like a hanging snot
Really smelly socks
Perhaps a strange sign for pterodactyl...

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Grandma Moses was delivered by pterodactyl today
We saw her arrive, and we grandkids all yelled hooray
Thought you were extinct! We yelled up at the bird.
Don’t be rude, said the pterodactyl. So he had the last word....

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scientists announce that one species of today derived from dinosaurs
I am trying to guess which one
snakes?
alligators?
crocodiles?
rhinos?
hippopotamuses?

the answer is birds.

If you have ever seen a crane with a giant wing span
you would fully understand this.
When it flies it looks like a pterodactyl....

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Anna fell in love with a Pterodactyl
                                 They pecked and petted in a reflex tactile
                                                 She laid a big egg
                                                  In my duffel bag
                                   And I found my grandson in a projectile...

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I saw a Pterodactyl  on the wing.
And thought, “Isn't that the craziest thing?”
It then swooped down upon me,
put its talons upon me.
Asking, “Sailor, are you up for a fling?”

I nodded, yes. What else could I do?
So then up, up and away we flew.
We dove and then soared
until it then got bored
and flung me in a pile of its poo.

1/23/21...

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I happen upon a veteran, once,
An old man
With a four-sprang cane
And war tales
Stretched like China wall.
This event transpired in very recent past.
The man turned out to be pterodactyl
And flew away. 
I fell upon a boy, once,
A once child soldier,
A hero
Released
From youth and life.
Oh, how time has changed.
Men are taught to bicker,
Children are trained to fight....

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Listen to poem:

Blurred bushes rush by
Brain bends 
Time out far across the fens 
A solitary heron flaps
The pterodactyl lazy loads 
A flyover of long strokes 
Of reed brushes
Eels writhe 
A dog trotting
Leaps across the dyke
A wand of estuary birds 
Cast up from the land
Coloured sand vast across the morning sky
The power when it comes
Succumb
The trickle of Wicken Fen....

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OH, look out
I think she saw us
you know
that sneaky dinosaurus
LOOK OUT…
the one call Rex’ll
chase the little one with speckles
when a Brontosaurus sneezes
it’ll shake all of the ‘treezes” 
OH, beware the clever Raptor
you could be what he is after.
But teacher - I swear
this is all factual
my homework was eaten
by a Pterodactyl.


©6/14/2019

DINOSAUR(S) – FOR CHILDREN Poetry Contest
Line Gauthier sponsor...

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Something fell out of my head,
a notion perhaps,
I think I have birthed a tattoo
a tat of a Beef Prime Rib.
I like beef not ham.

A slim lady
had a small butterfly
tattooed onto her thigh
years went by,
she ballooned out,
her flimsy butterfly
now looks more like a Pterodactyl.

My tattoo is now fully formed -
clearly, it's a depiction
of a ham bone!

If that tattoo grows any bigger
it's going to resemble
a hog on a log.
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PTERODACTYL

        Watching the movie
        ‘Extinction of Flying Reptiles’,
        overwhelmed girl dreamed of
        Pterosaurs for whole night.
        Went to school with no homework.

        Confronting scolding
       of teacher, smugly answered
       ‘An ugly flaming 
        Pterodactyl attacked,
       grabbed copy, ate my homework.’


    02/06/21


     " And Then A Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework '  

   Contest by John Lawless...

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Machete pecks
cycle through a staccato lied.
The music is Jurassic,
a tune rattled in the throat
of a feathered lizard –
the genetic code
of jackhammers.
Apart from the tock-tock
of beak on wood,
their calls are insane.
One could be a jack-ass braying,
one a monkey’s angry chatter.
In some we can hear a pterodactyl
calling from a far distant past.
Woodpeckers are wonderful,
Awesome, 
the way a velociraptor
would be awesome 
if it could whomp its way
through forests....

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And Then a Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework :> 

Swooping down
Dinosaur
All in flames
Fiery eyes 
Scary sight
Hovering

Hungry beast
Gnashing teeth
Pter…what?
Lands on desk
Thunder screams
Dragon stomps

Small reptile
Bat like wings
Thought extinct
I can’t hide
From his claws
Then he winks

Are you real
Or a dream?
All I know
Homework gone!
Not a lie!
Teacher smirks.

2-2-21
Contest: And Then a Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework
Sponsor: John Lawless...

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