©2013 Thomas J. PalumboAuthor, Yesterday, Once Again

This is a ghoulish school task. Notice the internal rhyme, please. Can you take five of your favorite and scariest monsters and bring them to life in a Powerpoint filled with tercets? You know, the three lines of poetry that each rhyme!

Medusa

Perseus was the the hero who cut off her head,

He didn’t look in her eyes or he’d be dead,This is a Greek and Roman legend I hope

you’ve read.

Dracula

Bram Stoker’s guy immortal with a bite of the neck,

You’re young and pale forever, so what the heck,

Don’t drive after bitten or you’ll surely wreck.

Freddy Kruger

This one will make you really scream, He appears first in a nightmare or

dream,His metal claws place him on the all

horror team.

The Hydra

She’s impossible to defeat that’s for sure, You cut off one head and she grows four,This snaky creature is the leader of mythical gore.

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley designed this sympathetic creature, Instead it appears in every monster feature,Think she’d change her mind, if we could reach her?

Cerberus

He’s the fierce dog that guards Hades’ gate,

If you see his two heads, it’s too late, The Land Of the Dead is your forever fate.

Chimera

The Chimera is made of many animal parts,No one knows where its body really starts,

Most of his prey are killed with its tail’s deadly darts.

Gargoyle

We see them as statues on buildings they sit,Are they protectors or spirits of medieval wit,

In my dreams they give me a terrible fit.

Alien vs. Predator

Are they attackers from the present or past,

A battle with them will be your last, Their invisibility is a plus and they’re fast.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stevenson asks, “Is he Doctor Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?”

Two tormented people live inside.Londoners continue to look for him, far

and wide..

Casper

Casper is the friendliest ghost,Little kids like him the most,All the other monsters aren’t close.

See if you can add five additional monsters of your own to this slide show before branching out to other scary topics like poisonous snakes, deadly insects,

and animals of prey.