THE BLOOD MOON



The blood moon casts its scarlet light
Down to the planet Earth far below,
Causing madness, mayhem, murder
And atrocities all but unknown.

In the dark and loathsome night
The blood moon is shining red,
This the night when zombies rise up
The evil night of the living dead.

Werewolfs, vampires, even ghouls
Hunt humanity beneath the red sky,
The doom-laden night may indicate
The night when all the humans die.

Dinosaurs and flying reptiles
Monsters from the distant past,
If this is the night of the humans
It may yet be their very last.

Monstrous shrieking wakes the dead
And sends the living fleeing inside,
Except for one or two lone stragglers
Who die screaming in the night.

The blood moon casts its scarlet light
Upon the people living outside,
Some will turn into foul creatures
While all the others will surely die.

Manticore, Babadook, and Postmen
Walk the Earth beneath the red sky,
Watchers, Followers, Whisperers
All hunt the living through the night.

The blood moon casts its scarlet beams
To terrify all living humankind,
Signalling the death of many millions
Driving the rest out of their minds.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Austr

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The blood moon casts its scarlet light Down to the planet Earth far below, Causing madness, mayhem, murder

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Written on August 07, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme Axbc adxd efxf xghg dija Aijf cfea xxhx xxb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,144
Words 200
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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