English poem
The chatter of a death-demon from a tree-top
by Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
The chatter of a death-demon from a tree-top
Blood -- blood and torn grass -- Had marked the rise of his agony -- This lone hunter. The grey-green woods impassive Had watched the threshing of his limbs.
A canoe with flashing paddle, A girl with soft searching eyes, A call: "John!" . . . . . Come, arise, hunter! Can you not hear?
The chatter of a death-demon from a tree-top.
More by Stephen Crane
- The Black Riders & Other Lines/"Think as I think," said a man
- The Black Riders & Other Lines/"Truth," said a traveller
- The Black Riders & Other Lines/Black riders came from the sea.
- The Black Riders & Other Lines/Once There Came a Man
- The ocean said to me once
- The successful man has thrust himself
- The trees in the garden rained flowers.
- There was a man and a woman