Published four years before its author's War Is Kind, the first line of its first poem describes the titular people who "came from the sea."
In one poem in this collection, a voice declares that a place with sand, heat, and a vacant horizon "is no desert," and another poem describes a man who "saw a ball of gold in the sky." In its twentieth poem, a man says "I know the way;" but that poem ends with the line "I am lost." Other free-form poems describe "little blades of grass" that stand "before God," and "three little birds in a row" who sit musing and nudge each other to laugh at a man, declaring "He thinks he can sing." After that, a creature squats in the desert and eats his heart, which is bitter, but he likes it that way. The title piece describes "clang and clang of spear and shield, and clash and clash of hoof and heel." Published four years before its author's War Is Kind, the first line of its first poem describes the titular people who "came from the sea." FTP, name this first and most famous poetry collection by Stephen Crane.
In one poem in this collection, a voice declares that a place with sand, heat, and a vacant horizon "is no desert," and another poem describes a man who "saw a ball of gold in the sky."
The {Black Riders} and Other Lines