The Tiniest Ghost
In the back of your closet,
far deeper than most
is an old haunted shoe with
the Tiniest Ghost.
The minuscule moans echo
from your tiny host.
Spiders and bugs whisper of
the Tiniest Ghost.
Ectoplasmic shoe laces,
cereal from Post,
all floats quite creepily for
the Tiniest Ghost.
If you notice your junk moved
a small bit at most,
a sure sign you're dealing with
the Tiniest Ghost.
It is trying its best, though,
with little to boast.
Please pretend to be scared of
the Tiniest Ghost.
About this poem
I wrote this poem to challenge myself to take something scary and make it not scary at all. I thought of ghosts and wondered what the ghost of a mouse or cockroach might be like. They might try really hard to be spooky, but alas their size would thwart them.
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Written on October 13, 2023
Submitted by BasNoBeathaWriter on March 21, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | xabA cadA xaxA xabA cadA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 103 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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