Today's poem comes from Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries, written and illustrated by Don Brown.
Fossils
remains of plants and animals
covered by dirt
sink in mud
undisturbed for
millions of years
bones, shell
flat impressions in earth
become stone
wind, water, high seas
pummeled the shore
cliffs crumbled
fossils revealed
astonishing find
rare clue to
life long ago
knowledge unearthed
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2021. All rights reserved.
I hope you'll come back tomorrow and see what new poem I've found. Until then, you may want to read previous poems in this series. I'm also sharing these found poems as images on my Instagram in case you want to see them all in one place.
April 1 - Flotsam
April 2 - A Warm Wind
April 3 - Zentangle Poem
April 4 - Soap Bubbles
April 5 - Following Butterflies
April 6 - Mount St. Helens
April 7 - Beautiful Buildings
April 8 - Muir in California
April 9 - Night on the Reef
April 10 - The Greatest Story Ever Told
April 11 - Archaeologists Look for Clues
April 14 - Walter Rothschild and His Museum
April 15 - Ben Franklin, Inventor
April 16 - One Well
April 17 - Phytoplankton
April 18 - Beneath My Feet
April 19 - Being Caribou
April 20 - Studying Adélie Penguins
I love this book...and Mary Anning!
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about this woman - and wishing that I could time travel. Archaeology was a hoot when so much was practically sitting there to be discovered. Just beach combing brought up so much, in the days before much automation. All those treasures...
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