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XXXIX
The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds;
The leaden thunders crashed.
A worshipper raised his arm.
"Hearken! Hearken! The voice of God!"
"Not s...more...]]> 21892981 1130088 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 2 false Thu May 08 18:13:26 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 18:22:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72109150 2764359 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Tue Sep 22 08:32:41 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 08:45:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1293168 84658 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 0 false Fri May 18 08:44:58 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:40:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 80369746 1892475 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Tue Dec 08 20:20:58 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 20:26:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 80224374 2982887 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 17:06:33 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:06:53 -0800 2009 11315260 101159 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 21:07:30 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 21:27:09 -0800 2007 The Red Badge of Courage and The Open Boat]. His poems read like short, stark proverbs...not all of them are terribly poetic, but most include vivid images.

Here's one:

I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round a...more...]]> 9097883 610692 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 07:41:48 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 07:45:30 -0800 2007
In the ...more...]]> 16900607 59015 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Mar 03 09:47:16 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 09:53:05 -0800 2008 However, it turns out his prose is very pleasant when he isn't telling some dum...more...]]> 20402249 998697 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Thu Apr 17 13:35:59 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 08:18:09 -0800 2008 Some of these are witty,
Some are bitter.
Many are Beautiful:

Should the wide world roll away,
Leaving black terror,
Limitless night,
Nor God, nor man, nor place to stand
Would be to me essential,
If thou and thy white ar...more...]]> 27621313 1065836 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Fri Jul 18 09:56:22 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 10:00:31 -0700 2008
"Think as I think," said a man,
"Or you are abominably wicked;
You are a toad."
And after I h...more...]]> 9693900 620902 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:25:18 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:25:29 -0800 2007
You tell me this is God?
I tell you this is a printed list,
A burning candle, and an ass.]]> 8139718 229447 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Oct 23 12:44:51 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 14:15:39 -0700 2007 11728250 626408 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Sat Jan 05 14:14:04 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 14:14:40 -0800 2008 10115315 618775 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Fri Dec 07 17:23:33 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 23 09:00:33 -0800 2008 19385621 803559 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Thu Apr 03 12:52:27 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 17:35:08 -0700 2008
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."]]> 28116961 1356895 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 0 false Wed Jul 23 18:41:38 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 08:30:50 -0700 2008 18071243 1003579 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 4 0 false Tue Mar 18 22:07:29 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 22:07:29 -0700 2008 10588119 693244 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 0 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Dec 17 16:35:56 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 16:36:33 -0800 2007 10097787 270019 49547 0801491304 9780801491306 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323s/49547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49547.The_Complete_Poems_of_Stephen_Crane 4.30 176 1951 5 0 false Fri Dec 07 12:00:27 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 12:01:05 -0800 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=49547