Monday, 13 October 2025

All Birds are Dinosaurs - a poem for younger readers

 Today, all birds are dinosaurs, the scientists have agreed.

A Moorhen swimming on a pond and Sparrows in a tree,

An Ostrich in the desert and King Penguins in a pool,

All of them are dinosaurs, I think that's really cool.

 

Trees are where it all began, when little dinos climbed

To get away from huge T Rex and all his fearsome kind.

They had warm blood and feathers too, that kept them nice and warm

They built nests high on trees and cliffs so their eggs came to no harm.

 

So, when that fatal meteor struck and all the big ones died,

The little dinos spread their wings, flew somewhere safe, to hide

They found just enough to eat, while the planet came alive.

They changed their shapes and habits, learning how to thrive.

 

Some lived down on forest floors, the Chickens and Peafowel

Others with claws liked eating mice and they became the Owls.

A few just loved the feel of air, flew everywhere to feed

They’re the swifts and albatrosses, who only land to breed.

 

Now, we’ve bred monster chickens who can’t stand on their feet

And we poison all the insects that the small birds need to eat.

The Gulls have learnt to grab our chips, but we destroy their nests

We steal their fish, invade their beaches, then we call them pests.

 

They watch us with their yellow eyes and clever dino minds.

They’ll summon up enormous flocks, crying out to all bird-kind.

The Vultures, Hawks and Eagles are all longing for a fight.            

The dinosaurs are coming and it truly serves us right.

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