Seismosaurus

By: Jack Prelutsky

Seismosaurus was enormous,

Seismosaurus was tremendous,

Seismosaurus was prodigious,

Seismosaurus was stupendous.

Seismosaurus was titanic,

Seismosaurus was colossal,

Seismosaurus now is nothing

but a monumental fossil.

Iguanodon

By: Jack Prelutsky

Iguanodon, Iguanodon,

whatever made you fade,

you've traveled on, Iguanodon,

we wish you could have stayed.

Iguanodon, Iguanodon,

we've sought you everywhere,

both here and yon, Iguanodon,

but failed to find you there.

Iguanodon, Iguanodon,

you were a gentle kind,

but now you're gone, Iguanodon,

and left your bones behind.

Triceratops

By: Jack Prelutsky

Triceratops had one short horn,

and two as long as spears,

it dwelled near scores of carnosaurs,

and yet it had no fears.

Triceratops was dangerous,

impervious and strong,

the predators that challenged it

did not last very long.

Triceratops fought valiantly,

and vanquished every foe,

so why it ever disappeared,

nobody seems to know.

Ankylosaurus

By: Jack Prelutsky

Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!

Ankylosaurus was built like a tank,

its hide was a fortress as sturdy as steel,

it tended to be an inedible meal.

It was armored in front, it was armored behind,

there wasn't a thing on its miniscule mind,

it waddled about on its four stubby legs,

nibbling on plants with a mouthful of pegs.

Ankylosaurus was best left alone,

its tail was a cudgel of gristle and bone,

Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!

Ankylosaurus was built like a tank.

Brachiosaurus

By: Jack Prelutsky

Brachiosaurus had little to do

but stand with its head in the treetops and chew,

it nibbled the leaves that were tender and green,

it was a perpetual eating machine.

Brachiosaurus was truly immense,

its vacuous mind was uncluttered by sense,

it hadn't the need to be clever and wise,

no beast dared to bother a being its size.

Brachiosaurus was clumsy and slow,

but then, there was nowhere it needed to go,

if Brachiosaurus were living today,

no doubt it would frequently be in the way.

Long Gone

By: Jack Prelutsky

Don't waste your time in looking for

The long-extinct tyrannosaur,

Because this ancient dinosaur

Just can't be found here anymore.

This also goes for stegosaurus,

Allosaurus, brontosaurus

And any other saur or saurus.

They all lived here long before us.