#AmericanWriters
“I have heard the sunset song of t… A white melody in the silence, I have seen a quarrel of the pines… At nightfall The little grasses have rushed by…
In heaven, Some little blades of grass Stood before God. “What did you do?” Then all save one of the little bl…
I was in the darkness; I could not see my words Nor the wishes of my heart. Then suddenly there was a great li… “Let me into the darkness again.”
Charity thou art a lie, A toy of women, A pleasure of certain men. In the presence of justice, Lo, the walls of the temple
Many workmen Built a huge ball of masonry Upon a mountain-top. Then they went to the valley below… And turned to behold their work.
If I should cast off this tattere… And go free into the mighty sky; If I should find nothing there But a vast blue, Echoless, ignorant—
There was a man who lived a life o… Even upon the fabric of time, Where purple becomes orange And orange purple, This life glowed,
There was a man and a woman Who sinned. Then did the man heap the punishme… All upon the head of her, And went away gaily.
The ocean said to me once, “Look! Yonder on the shore Is a woman, weeping. I have watched her.
A spirit sped Through spaces of night; And as he sped, he called, “God! God!” He went through valleys
AH, God, the way your little fing… As you thrust a bare arm backward And made play with your hair And a comb a silly gilt comb Ah, God—that I should suffer
Friend, your white beard sweeps th… Why do you stand, expectant? Do you hope to see it In one of your withered days? With your old eyes
A god in wrath Was beating a man; He cuffed him loudly With thunderous blows That rang and rolled over the eart…
With eye and with gesture You say you are holy. I say you lie; For I did see you Draw away your coats
A man went before a strange God— The God of many men, sadly wise. And the deity thundered loudly, Fat with rage, and puffing. “Kneel, mortal, and cringe