Dinosaur Poems

What if...

You opened a book

About dinosaurs

And one stumbled out

And another and another

And more and more pour

Until the whole place

Is bumbling and rumbling

And groaning and moaning

And snoring and roaring

And dinosauring?

What if...

You tried to push them

Back inside

But, they kept tromping

Off the pages instead?

Would you close the covers?

Isabel Joshlin Glaser     

(Sing to the tune of Yankee Doodle)

Allosaurus liked to bite,

It's teeth were sharp as sabers

It frequently with great delight

Made mincemeat of its neighbors.

Allosaurus liked to hunt

And when it caught its quarrey,

It tore it open, back and front,

And never said , "I'm sorry!"

Allosaurus liked to eat

And using teeth and talons

It stuffed itself with tons of meat,

And guzzled blood by gallons.

Allosaurus liked to munch,

And kept from growing thinner,

By gnawing an enormous lunch,

then rushing off to dinner.

Tyrannosaurus Tex and Other Sillysaurs 

Deep in the land of the cactus, 

One "cowboy" stands out from the rest. 

Tyrannosaurus Tex, he's called 

At twirling a rope he's the best!

Brontotourist tours the world, 

By boat, by train, by car,

 But the sights she sees right here at home 

Are the craziest ones by far! 

The Iguanodontist put on your braces, 

Then she says with such good cheer, 

"Don't worry about your looks today,

 Think how great you'll look next year!" 

Steakosaurus grills all day, 

There's nothing that he'd rather do, 

Burgers or chicken or sizzling steaks, 

He's king of the barbecue! 

Triceracops roars down the highway, 

Searching for speeders to chase,

 He zooms in and out of the traffic, 

Giving tickets all over the place! 

Superstarus rocks and rolls, 

She plays the whole night long, 

But when her band gets really loud, 

She forgets the words to her song!

             Robert Byrd

I'd never dine on dinosaurs.

They can't be good to eat.

For all they have are lots of bones

And not a bit of meat.

Dinosaurs lived so long ago.

They never had a chance to know.

How many kids would love to get.

A dinosaur to be their pet.

Dinosaur Names

If the dinosaurs had such peanut-sized brains,

why were they given such difficult names?

Why not Beak Mouth or Bonehead or Horny or Chops,

instead of a mouthful like Triceratops?

And as sure as the winged Archaeopteryx flew,

a much simpler name like Fly Guy would o.

If dinosaurs  knew that their names were so tough,

they'd turn in their graves and cause earthquakes and stuff!

Why not Spiny or Spike for our friend Stegosaurus?

And Stretch seems to work for the long Brontosaurus,

Their names should be simple and bold and distinct--

I wish that long dinosaur names were extinct!

Holly Davis

My Family of Dinosaurs

My sister, finkasaurus,

is a tattletaling shrew.

My brother, slobasaurus,

doesn't quite know how to chew.

My mother, rushasaurus,

finds it hard to be on time.

My father, cheapasaurus,

never spends an extra dime.

Our doggy, barkasaurus,

keeps the neighbors up at night.

Our kitty, scratchasaurus,

gouges everything in sight.

And then there's angelsaurus--

who, you might have guessed, is me--

the only one who's perfect in this crazy family.

Helen Ksypka

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