Brachiosaurus

The poet is Jack Prelutsky. The Poetry Foundation named him the first Children’s Poet Laureate in 2006. He is known for his wacky and inventive poems. There are many books with his poetry in them. The poem “Brachiosaurus” is about the large dinosaur known as Brachiosaurus. Brachiosaurus was an herbivore. There was a large bump on Brachiosaurus’ head. That is how you could tell it apart from other dinosaurs.

References: Prelutsky, J P. (2008). Be glad your nose is on your face and other poems. Greenwillow Books. (Prelutsky, 2008)

Prelutsky, J P. (n.d.). Jackprelutsky.com. Retrieved from http://www.jackprelutsky.com/(Prelutsky)

The poem goes: 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 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.