Poem - 5 | June-July 2026

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The Hungry Ghost


Samapti Samanta

Hooghly, West Bengal


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From tree to tree I drift and glide,

My stomach growls both night and day,

Good food or bad, I'm still denied,

For ghosts get nothing sent their way.


If I should wander out by day,

The people chase me down the street,

The whole neighborhood joins the fray,

All eager for a ghost to meet.


The smell of meat comes floating near,

And makes my hungry stomach cry,

But human children never share,

To whom can I my troubles sigh?


My blood runs low the whole year round,

I'm always hungry, sad and worn,

So in the woods I sadly roam,

And pray to God from dusk till morn.



 


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