From BEOWULF
by Maurice Sagoff
Monster Grendel's tastes are plainish.
Breakfast? Just a couple Danish.
King of Danes is frantic, very.
Wait! Here comes the malmö ferry
Bringing Beowulf, his neighbor,
Mighty swinger with a saber!
Hrothgar's warriors hail the Swede,
Knocking back a lot of mead;
Then, when night engulfs the Hall
And the Monster makes his call,
Beowulf, with body-slam
Wrenches off his arm, Shazam!
Monster's mother finds him slain,
Grabs and eats another Dane!
Breakfast? Just a couple Danish.
King of Danes is frantic, very.
Wait! Here comes the malmö ferry
Bringing Beowulf, his neighbor,
Mighty swinger with a saber!
Hrothgar's warriors hail the Swede,
Knocking back a lot of mead;
Then, when night engulfs the Hall
And the Monster makes his call,
Beowulf, with body-slam
Wrenches off his arm, Shazam!
Monster's mother finds him slain,
Grabs and eats another Dane!
You can read the rest of the poem here.
At Wild Rose Reader, I have a review of a poetry book by Joanne Ryder entitled A Toad by the Road.
4 comments:
HA! How did I miss this last week? This is awesome! "Non-Beodegradable" - that's excellent.
Thanks, Elaine!
Eisha,
If you liked Sagoff's summary of Beowulf, I have no doubt you'd love his book SHRINKLITS. In fact, the book was recommended to me years ago by my friend David McCord--who is one of the GREATS of childrens poetry.
Heh. A Nordic soft-shoe shuffle.
Apologies for missing this gem. I, too, will check out the book - what a fun idea, along the lines of Fractured Fairytales, and fun for an English class!
Tadmack,
I love SHRINKLITS. It's really fun to read. Unfortunately, I misplaced my copy recently.
Speaking of fractured fairy tales...did you ever read James Finn Garner's POLITICALLY CORRECT BEDTIME STORIES? The stories are retold fairy tales--and most of them are a riot!
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