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War is Kind

Stephen Crane

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War Is Kind by Stephen Crane evokes again the dark imagery of war which made his fortune in The Red Badge Of Courage. Unlike that book, this collection leaves the battlefield itself behind to explore the damage war does to people’s hearts and minds. Reeking of dashed hopes, simultaneously sympathetic with the victims of war and cynical about the purposes of war, Crane implicitly criticizes the image of the romantic hero and asks if Love can survive.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Cry gospel of gentle hands,
“Cry a brotherhood of hearts.
“The sea bids you teach, O Pines.”

“And where is the reward, little shell?
“What says the sea?
“Long has our brother been silent to us,
“Kept his message for the ships,
“Puny ships, silly ships.”


“No word says the sea, O Pines,
“No word says the sea.
“Long will your brother be silent to you,
“Keep his message for the ships,
“O puny ships, silly pines.”





To the maiden
The sea was blue meadow,
Alive with little froth-people
Singing.

To the sailor, wrecked,
The sea was dead grey walls
Superlative in vacancy,
Upon which nevertheless at fateful time
Was written
The grim hatred of nature.





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Community Reviews

Good! Interesting, definitely. Some of his poems I felt were really insightful and cool, and really inspired me to write - others I felt like followed the same pattern of a very transparent metaphor and a final beat that sort of had the feel of “see?” Interesting body of work, though, and a slim lit

A little girl walks into a collection of poems and expects them to be black after "A man said to the universe." But they're not. They're not white either, though. Or entirely gray. They're true, whatever color that is.

LOVELY collection of poems.

Stephen Crane has his own unique style which appears to be the forerunner of the poets in WW1.

War Is Kind and Other Poems by Stephen Crane is the collected poetry of the author best known for The Red Badge of Courage. Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of A

"'War is Kind' and Other Poems" by Stephen Crane is a rich collection of poetry by a person who was pretty prolific during a shortened life that ended at the age of 28. Although mainly known these days for writing 'The Red Badge of Courage,' his poetry is something I'm glad I was introduced to in th

WAR IS KIND AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Stephen Crane
1899 (reissue JUNE 1, 2016); 64 Pages
Genre: poetry

★★★★1/2

(I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY in exchange for an honest

War is Kind and Other Poems is a beautiful collection. I have wanted to read Crane's The Red Badge of Courage for quite awhile.

I read these many years ago and thought they were the cat’s pajamas – astute and sharply observant.

Reading them now, however, I find some still pungent, but many something you might write down on the back of an envelope when you were younger, thinking you were writing GREAT THOUGHTS, only to reread

This cheap Dover edition contains the complete unabridged published poems of Stephen Crane (including 'The Black Riders and Other Lines' and 'War is Kind') as well as a selection of uncollected poems.
The short poems that Crane wrote range from the pedestrian to the genius. Not only worth the short t

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