The columns of Caesarea ran with tears, roof gutters ran with blood, stars were visible in the daytime All cedars were uprooted All trees were uprooted Fiery stones fell from heaven All images were effaced and were used as stone pillars All statues of humans were torn out of position Seventy houses were broken into by thieves at Tiberias Hail stones fell from heaven The rocks of the Euphrates kissed each other The rocks of the Tigris kissed each other The palms were laden with thorns Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING DOWN TO THE DESERT AT LORDBURG, N.M. by HAYDEN CARRUTH BATTLE OF BRITAIN by CECIL DAY LEWIS INEVITABLY (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE FRUIT GARDEN PATH by AMY LOWELL MANOKWARI, IRIAN JAYA; IN MEMORIAM, ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE by KAREN SWENSON |