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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHOVEL DINOSAURUS, by ROGER L. WARING
First Line: A shovel dinosaurus feeds her brood
Last Line: From which, with groans and squeals, a building hatches.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders
First Line: A shovel dinosaurus feeds her brood
Last Line: From which, with groans and squeals, a building hatches.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders
A shovel dinosaurus feeds her brood:
With steel crowned teeth she crunches cliffs of clay
With which to fill their mouths. They whirl away,
Whisk empty back, insatiable for food.
She ruffles, whirls and clucks, "Hiss, whir-r-r. Hill, shir-r-r."
Snorts fiercely, spouting clouds of steam and fire.
Chug-chugging young that never seem to tire
Spin rubber feet about the flanks of her.
Deep in the cheese of earth a hole she scratches,
A crater of a nest in which to lay
Square shells of wood with fluid yolks of grey
From which, with groans and squeals, a building hatches.
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