In heaven - A poem by Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane - In heaven

In heaven,
Some little blades of grass
Stood before God.
"What did you do?"
Then all save one of the little blades
Began eagerly to relate
The merits of their lives.
This one stayed a small way behind,
Ashamed.
Presently, God said,
"And what did you do?"
The little blade answered, "Oh my Lord,
Memory is bitter to me,
For, if I did good deeds,
I know not of them."
Then God, in all His splendor,
Arose from His throne.
"Oh, best little blade of grass!" He said.

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 18. In heaven Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Poem of the Day: Oct 12 2007 Comment 13 of 13, added on April 10th, 2008 at 2:32 AM. I am currently doing a research paper for my college, and I was looking for some insight into people's opinions that I could somehow incorporate in my paper, but people, your views are horribly twisted. How can you possibly say that Crane was an Athiest? Read any biography about him. He was deeply religious and focused most of his poems on the afterlife and the glory of God. Great poems all around, and this is coming from a student who hates most poetry. Stephen from United States Comment 12 of 13, added on February 3rd, 2007 at 8:04 PM. in this poem, crane is mocking God's standard of humbleness being proper Mike from United States Comment 11 of 13, added on January 28th, 2007 at 9:44 PM. wow, now that I actually get to a poem I like, it is contaminated by these stupid comments and retarded jokes that contain zero thought and zero intelligence. If I was to categorize every response given on every poem on this site I think I could present it to congress and give a very compelling argument that the U.S. needs more funding for education, because this is ridiculous. I can not believe the amount of idiotic responses and comments. It is beyond me. I swear to god, I'm going to freakin' take a giant dump on the next person who posts something stupid. JT from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, In heaven, has received 13 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Stephen Crane with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 18. In heaven Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Last read: May 9 2008, 3:58PM Poem of the Day: Oct 12 2007 Viewed 15545 times. Added on January 28th, 2007 at 9:44 PM.

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