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Palaeopoems is a project that brings together the world’s palaeontology poetry in one place for the first time. We seek out poetry by real palaeontologists and share them with short biographies of the authors, natural history context, and original artwork.

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Gingko Fossil Tea by Susannah Lydon & Robin Lamboll

Gingko Fossil Tea by Susannah Lydon & Robin Lamboll Ginkgo Fossil Tea was written as part of a project called Experimental Words. It brought together ten scientists and ten poets, over a few months in early 2021, to produce a “high-energy collision of science and spoken word." Guest artwork by Madison Foran.

November 3, 2021December 10, 2021Botany, contemporary, fossil, modern, Palaeobotany, paleobotany, womeninscience
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The Unpetrified Forest by Margaret Matthew Colbert

The Unpetrified Forest - by Margaret Matthew Forest Margaret wrote this poem to accompany a mural she painted based on the Triassic fauna of Petrified Forest National Park. Guest artwork by Brigid Christison.

September 29, 2021December 10, 2021fossil, mammal, mural, palaeoart, Palaeobotany, paleoart, paleobotany, petrified wood, phytosaur, Triassic, women, womeninscience
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Observation to a Whail by Julia Pepper

Observation to a Whail - by Julia Pepper In the mid-1800s, a beluga skeleton was dug up, near Charlotte, Vermont. This was a source of wonder for the locals, and quickly became an attraction at the State House. Julia Pepper wrote this poem in honour of the whale. Guest artwork by John Meszaros.

February 26, 2021April 7, 2021beluga, fossil, mammal, victorian, whale, womeninscience
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In aid of Jamoytius by Nancy P. Morris

In aid of Jamoytius - by Nancy P. Morris Jamoytius is a jawless fish fossil from Scotland. Nancy P. Morris was well-known for her geological poetry. Need we say more? Guest artwork by Dr. Hillary Maddin

April 27, 2020September 14, 2021fish, fossil, jamoytius, vertebrate, women, womeninscience
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Similar Cases by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Similar Cases - by Charlotte Perkins Gilman This is the first half of a much longer poem, featuring "similar cases" of different mammalian ancestors aspiring to be the species we see today. It's social commentary on how society is able to change. Guest artwork by Dr. Dani Fraser

October 31, 2019July 9, 2020eohippus, horse, mammal, womeninscience
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The Petrified Fern by Mary Bolles Branch

The Petrified Fern - by Mary Bolles Branch This Palaeo-Botany poem is about how context may change the meaning of fossils. This poem also fits into the capitalist and colonial mentality that everything and everyone must be useful in some way, and that finding that use is a noble cause. Guest artwork by Fatema.

September 26, 2019January 30, 2020Botany, branch, Palaeobotany, victorian, womeninscience

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The research and work that goes in to Palaeopoems takes place on the traditional and unceded territories of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.

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