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Jurassic Echoes: Primordial Soundscapes

An onomatopoeic odyssey through the age of dinosaurs

By Gael MacLeanPublished 27 days ago 1 min read
Heavy footsteps echo through the jungle. Author created in Midjourney.

The jungle's buzzing, humming, thrumming, and drumming,

The chirping, squawking, cawing, and calling,

The rustling, crackling, snapping, and creaking,

The hooting, screeching, howling, and shrieking...

Then

Thud, thud, in the mud, the heavy footsteps echo through the jungle. The ground shakes. Crunch, munch, snap, chewing cud as the Brachiosaurus feeds on the treetops.

Whoosh, whoosh, floosh its leathery wings flapping as it rides the thermals. The Pterodactyl flying more, more, soaring, wind at its core.

Clicking, click-clack, click-clack, claws, against the rocky ground. Velociraptors stalking their prey. Grr, snarl, hiss, as they coordinate their attack.

A mighty ROAR! The Tyrannosaurus Rex, king of the dinosaurs has arrived. Gnash, gnash, as it tore into the flesh of its victim, CHOMP!, its massive jaws snap, mash, thrash as it eats its snack.

Thump, thump, bump the dinosaurs scatter. Undone, they run. Feet pounding against the earth as they flee the apex predator.

Rumble, rumble, boom, a volcano erupting. Powerful forces that shaped this prehistoric world.

Now

All fade to a whisper, a murmur, a sigh,

As the jungle goes silent, no creature asks why.

The stillness descends like a hush, a shush,

And the once lively jungle is now merely... hush.

nature poetry

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Comments (5)

  • shanmuga priya11 days ago

    The lines....Thud, thud, in the mud, the heavy footsteps echo through the jungle...I can still feel those moments... fantastic writing.

  • Babs Iverson11 days ago

    Fantastic and loved it!!!❤️❤️💕

  • Maryan Pelland20 days ago

    Perfectly exploits onomatopoeia! I love the arc and rhythm from beginning to end.

  • Christy Munson22 days ago

    I second Dharr's comment. Loved your entry!

  • Oooo, this was such a cool concept for the challenge! The ending was so poignant. Loved your poem!

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