Prelutsky, Jack. (2009). THE SWAMPS OF SLEETHE: POEMS FROM BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. (Jimmy Pickering, ill.) New York, NY: Random House. ISBN 9780375846740
Introducton:
For a current study of Jack Prelutsky and his newest book in 2009, THE SWAMPS OF SLEETHE, read a poem a day for a simple Poetry Break. Transition students from one subject to the next or calm students down from lunch and recess or P.E. with this dark and soft spoken poem.
THE SWAMPS OF SLEETHE
On sweltering Sleethe, in swamps aseethe,
Malignant beings thrive,
Abhorrent things that need not breathe,
And yet are quite alive.
Within a foul and festering broth,
These mucid horrors ooze.
As gluey fluids fume and froth,
They hold their rendezvous.
And there through time beyond all time,
Suffused with rage and hate,
They’ve been in that miasmic slime
Too vile to contemplate.
If by some trick of fate you find
This world wherein they lurk,
Then you shall leave your bones behind
Beneath the Sleethian murk.
On sweltering Sleethe, in swamps aseethe,
Malignant beings thrive,
Abhorrent things that need not breathe,
And yet are quite alive.
Within a foul and festering broth,
These mucid horrors ooze.
As gluey fluids fume and froth,
They hold their rendezvous.
And there through time beyond all time,
Suffused with rage and hate,
They’ve been in that miasmic slime
Too vile to contemplate.
If by some trick of fate you find
This world wherein they lurk,
Then you shall leave your bones behind
Beneath the Sleethian murk.
Author's note: SLEETHE - rhymes with breethe
Extension:
Poetry performance: Recite the poem in a scary voice so that students feel the effect of a far away, foreign to our country, monster. Dim the lights and bring the students in close. Have the student's discuss what this monster looks like.
Classroom Connections:
April is POETRY MONTH! Celebrating poets and their profession all month long with various peoms and their personal biographies.
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