Forum / In the desert

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    Matt Dennison
    Aug 26, 11:39am

    In the desert
    I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
    Who, squatting upon the ground,
    Held his heart in his hands,
    And ate of it.
    I said: "Is it good, friend?"
    "It is bitter--bitter," he answered;
    "But I like it
    Because it is bitter,
    And because it is my heart."

    --Stephen Crane

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    Bill Yarrow
    Aug 26, 02:04pm

    Stephen Crane--underrated poet.

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    James Lloyd Davis
    Aug 26, 03:30pm

    Whoa!

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    Matt Dennison
    Aug 26, 05:19pm

    Because it is bitter
    And because it is my heart.

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    Linda Simoni-Wastila
    Aug 26, 05:42pm

    My husband does not care too much for fiction (whoa!) but I believe he has every volume of Stephen Crane's ever written. Which redeems him, I think ;^)

    Thanks Matt. peace...

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    Matt Dennison
    Aug 27, 10:11am

    I'd like to see an animation of this. Lots of red and black, I imagine...

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    Gloria Mindock
    Aug 27, 11:39am

    Whew! Very interesting and I liked it.

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    Matt Dennison
    Aug 27, 12:56pm

    The lack of punctuation after:

    "But I like it"

    gives me FITS!

    I bet he spent hours going over his commas. Or maybe not.

    (I bet he did.)

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    Carol Reid
    Aug 27, 03:52pm

    Matt, you should make an animation of this poem. There are a couple of truly awful ones on youtube.

    Going to google "free foolproof poem animator download" now.

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