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Pre-History Lesson

by dr_mandrill 

Posted: 08 January 2004
Word Count: 99
Summary: For my little nephew, who finds it in his heart to love the unlovable T-Rex.


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Before the stars were named and numbered,
Before the trees were chopped and lumbered,
Thunder-Lizards stomped and thundered
And craned their necks to stars and wondered.

Before the Earth was shrunk so small
That aeroplanes could cross it all,
Quick-Robbers, waiting, heard the call
Of herds, and ran to eat them all.

Before the lamps came on at night
To comfort us with orange light,
Wings-And-No-Teeth took to flight
And swooped and dove from mountain-height.

Before the Greeks and Trojans warred,
Before the mighty steel-birds soared,
The King of Tyrant-Lizards ROARED!
And fought!
And scratched!
And bit!
And clawed!






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Bobo at 16:34 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
Fantastic Dr M! I'm with your nephew on this - magnificent creatures!
BoBo x

Account Closed at 16:43 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
Quick-Robbers, eh? Or, as some might say, fast-thieves? Or as we say in Latin "Velociraptor".

I would be proper geeky and translate the other dino-references, but I won't.

Amusingly catchy poem by the way. Has a nice pace about it.

Fearless at 17:11 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
Simply brilliant and love the first stanza. Took me back to my childhood. Write on.

Regression Freak

roovacrag at 17:19 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
hI DOC,
I liked this, T Rex wasn't that bad, my grandson loves the dinosaur. A trend coming back. xxxxx Alice

Dee at 18:17 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
Rhyme on, Doc!

poemsgalore at 18:27 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
This sounds like the beginning of one of those children's books, with each verse set beneath a picture only you paint the picture so well, I can see them now. Aren't dinosaurs great, especially T-Rex.

Sue H at 19:08 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
Brilliant! We love dinosaurs in our family and spend many an hour at the Natural History Museum. This poem reads well. I bet your nephew loved it. We have an illustrated children's book of dinosaur pooems and this would fit in perfectly! Too bad the T-Rex turned out to be a scavenger (we're very disappointed!).
Sue

tinyclanger at 19:32 on 08 January 2004  Report this post
This is great and very cleverly done. It captures the savagery, but also seems rather wistful and gentle to me...
I especially like the extension of the final stanza. Superb for reading out loud to small children - and tinyclangers!


James Anthony at 13:27 on 09 January 2004  Report this post
Superb! Agree with everyone else. Brilliant. Can imagine you stomping around reading this to your nephew!

dr_mandrill at 12:28 on 13 January 2004  Report this post
Thanks guys- glad you liked it. Insane Bartender- glad you pointed out the cryptic latin names, just so everyone knows how clever I've been.

Sue_H- I know, a bit disappointing about T-Rex. Still, he'll always be a terrifying carnivore in my eyes.



dm

Sparrow_splitter at 15:26 on 20 January 2004  Report this post
I always wanted to be a stegosaurus when I was a kid, stomping around, getting in peoples face. "How ya doin Stegosaurus?"
"Not bad, found a leaf earlier."

What about that new one that's been found, super-mega-T-Rex, it was the size of the moon (Was that Gary that said that or someone else?)

I thought this poem was great by the way, could have done with a few Elaaaasmobranch's though.

bjlangley at 15:33 on 20 January 2004  Report this post
Dinosaurs are popular in my home too. My little ones love dinosaurs, and we often visit the Dinosaur Park near Norwich. (Don't worry, they're just models.)

Anyway, I thought this was great.

All the best.

Ben


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