God lay dead in heaven - A poem by Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane - God lay dead in heaven

God lay dead in heaven;
Angels sang the hymn of the end;
Purple winds went moaning,
Their wings drip-dripping
With blood
That fell upon the earth.
It, groaning thing,
Turned black and sank.
Then from the far caverns
Of dead sins
Came monsters, livid with desire.
They fought,
Wrangled over the world,
A morsel.
But of all sadness this was sad --
A woman's arms tried to shield
The head of a sleeping man
From the jaws of the final beast.

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Poet: Stephen Crane (Stephen Crane Art) Poem: 67. God lay dead in heaven Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Poem of the Day: Aug 10 2004 Comment 11 of 11, added on April 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 PM. Do you know what an alliteration is? Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is an alliteration. I think you meant something else. Great observation though. This poem is amazing...atheists can write too, you know. The more intelligent you get, the less religous you can be. That was pretty ignorant. Anna from United States Comment 10 of 11, added on August 18th, 2008 at 11:35 PM. This author never ceases to astound me. What unique language, and imagery. His line are so thunderous, and personally I think that Stephen Crane is one of the most underrated poets. He was a prodigy who wasn't taken seriously because of his age. Read the Red Badge of Courage-it's sentences are magical. They have a tone that is unexplainable, much like his poems. Ian Morris from United States Comment 9 of 11, added on December 11th, 2007 at 11:35 AM. listen, all he Stephen was was an athiest, & i think that is so stupid, but his poems catch me in some way, it confuses me, because i've never felt this way about an athiest, more or less, an athiest poem. Emily from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, God lay dead in heaven, has received 11 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: 67. God lay dead in heaven Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Last read: Dec 7 2009, 1:42AM Poem of the Day: Aug 10 2004 Viewed 11750 times. Added on December 11th, 2007 at 11:35 AM.

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