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The red colored ghost

Khumo Mosehla 2007 (Johannesburg)

The red ghost
Its hands full of blood
Licking them like ice-cream
In its tiny shelter

It kills boys
So handsome and strong
During their sleep
When owls and bats roam around

It is as pretty as them
And as strong as them
So evil and cold
It still sleeps peacefully

About this poem

The poem is about a ghost that feeds on blood. This ghost kills strong and handsome boys at night. The ghost is evil but it sleeps peacefully at night

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Written on August 29, 2022

Submitted by Khumomosehla on October 17, 2022

Modified on March 30, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXXX AAXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 264
Words 53
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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