PalaeoPoemsさんのイラストまとめ

Have you ever wondered what the most popular #PalaeoPoems topic is? Check out this timeline by @KatrinEmery, which shows the topic of each poem we've featured in chronological order! What are you most surprised by?

New banner image! Check our this awesome graphic by @KatrinEmery showing off the topics of every poem we've featured so far! We can't wait to share even more #PalaeoPoems with you all, but in the meantime you can read the ones we've written about here: https://t.co/md14rzphKv

"Monsters of the prime…
Who tare each other in their slime"r

In the late 1800s, Canada was determined to "catch up" with the US in terms of dinosaur collection. Thomas Weston was the first person to go on a government-sanctioned fossil hunting trip, and while he was there he wrote a poem!

Our blog features original paleoart based on each poem we share! Here are just a few of the pieces that have been made for different Palaeopoems.
Artists (clockwise): @Evo_Deva, @KatrinEmery, @Brigidomorpha, James McKay.

Everyone has potential- that's the moral of "The Petrified Fern" by Mary Bolles Branch. Even if your efforts seem to go unnoticed, know that you're making a difference! Guest art by @fatty_box.

May Kendall was an English satirist and poet in the late 1800s. She was interested in science, and the politics around science, during her time. This led her to publish in "Ladies Who Punch," a magazine which, despite the name, was aimed at young men.

May Kendall was a satirical poet in England from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. We're featuring her poem "The Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus," on our blog tomorrow. Art by @KatrinEmery

When a sorceress resurrects an ancient bird, it finds the weather too cold and cruel to bear, much to the dismay of a geologist witness. "The Sandstone Bird" by Edward Hitchcock is a truly dramatic tale! Artwork by @Zooophagous.

"Monsters of the prime...
Who tare each other in their slime"
When T.C. Weston went dinosaur collecting in southern Alberta in 1884, the fossil-strewn Scabby Butte locality inspired him to write down this short poem. Artwork by @KatrinEmery