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You have a lovely blog!

Higgledy-piggledy

One silly blogger was

Told by a ‘nonny that

They liked her stuff.

She was concerned about 

Getting a swelled head and

(Unrealistically)

feared it would pop.

So, this has been sitting in my inbox for a while, and I want to apologize for not responding to it for months.

I also want to take this opportunity to reemphasize that I'm terrible at replying to messages, and the amount of time between the message and my response (or total lack thereof) is any sort of indicator of what I think of you or your message. 9 times out of 10 it's because I want to take some time to give a proper reply, but I really don't have the time to do that because I should have been doing work instead of being on tumblr in the first place. (The other 1 time out of the 10 is because I get distracted. I am sorry; I'm rather easily distractable.)

Lastly, I want to apologize for posting so few poems over the last bunch of months. I've been pretty bummed about it and I hope that will change, though I can't guarantee anything.

Corythosaurus

[I can't identify it and the artist left no comment]

Aralosaurus

Stegosaurus

Tyrannosaurus

Light Fossils by: Darren Pearson

So primatology is basically monkey business.

Yeah, but I could guenon for ages about my primates.

I don’t understand why people feel the need to give robots gender ??????? seriously their gender is 

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I can't reblog this without including a few of the fantastic submissions I've read!

fence-sitting, fence-riding by Janet McConnaughey

"Are you fence-sitting, Mom, or just '-riding?" I don't know either term, so I'm biding My time till I know Which way I should go. Oh! They both mean "averse to deciding."

filling By Celia Warren

Count Dracula's fangs needed drilling; Gold amalgam would be their new filling. He said he'd behave If the dentist would save Any blood that he chanced to be spilling.

epitaxy By Recumbentman

Where semiconductors are made There are plenty of tricks of the trade. Epitaxy works fine To grow crystals in line; They conform to the bed where they're laid.

fourth By Chris J. Strolin

To the meaning of fourth, I'm assigning Two examples, the couple combining In a way that is terse: It's this line of this verse, And the "r" of the word I'm defining.

footnote by timon

I use footnotes* to show Erudition**. It takes skill*** To make sure your scanning Of my text will be careful****. *Like this one **That's how much I know ***And good planning ****And slow

There are some with extra wordplay

conviction by mephistopheles

"I'm convinced that your alibi's fiction. You've been caught in the wrong jurisdiction. Contradictory facts Show your criminal acts. Twenty years!" cried the judge, with conviction.

botanist by Chris Doyle

A botanist studies the ways That a plant is deserving of praise: "See that mesh of racemes? It is part of God's schemes, For He works in wisteria's maze."

They even have Tom Swifties!

crestfallen by Dr. Work

The crash that he heard was his dad. "You are grounded tonight"—Dad was mad! "I'm so sorry you slipped On the toothpaste I dripped," Tom said, crestfallen, downcast, and sad.

caustically by Dr. Work

Said the chem prof, "When working with lye, Wear your gloves, in case things go awry." "Why didn't you tell me Before it befell me!" Tom caustically said in reply.

The founders of the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form are seeking a limerick for each meaning of every word in the English language by 2043. Have long have you got?

Thanks to Neil Gaiman for pointing me towards this site, where I have whiled away much of the morning. Well, how could…