This is Throwback Thursday #139. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to [email protected]. Thanks!
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For this week, we have the poem "Stonebone" from the December 1970 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It's attributed to Reg Pokallus in "TOUCHTONE". There is no other information about "TOUCHTONE", but it was probably the newsletter of another rock club. Past ESCONI newsletters had quite a few shared articles from other clubs.
STONEBONE
A learned gentleman by the name of Wood
Dug a hole in a cave as far as he could.
A dinosaur fossil he found in the stone-----
The finest example, to the tiniest bone!
Our hero liked the find so well
That he added some grass to complete the spell.
He admired his work, then gazed in awe
As the dinosaur bowed to east the straw...
Believe it or not (though it's well understood)
That was the reason for PETRIFIED Wood!-- by Reg Pokallus in TOUCHTONE
