The sky is deep, the sky is dark
The light of stars is so damn stark.
When I look up, I fill with fear
If all we have is what lies here.
This lonely world, this troubled place
Then cold dead stars and empty space.
Well, I see no reason to persevere
No reason to laugh or shed a tear.
No reason to sleep or ever to wake
No promises to keep, and none to make.
And so at night I still raise my eyes
To study the clear but mysterious skies
That arch above us as cold as stone.
Are you there, God? Are we alone?
The Book of Counted Sorrows
2006-07-07 14:24:56 · 20 answers · asked by melissa 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
rumor says there is no such book...is an invention of Dean Koontz....
In a letter dated 8-10-92, Mr. Koontz stated:
"Actually, there is no such book. I made it up. The way you made up footnote sources for fabricated facts in high-school English reports. Oh, come on, yes, you did. Sometimes, when I need a bit of verse to convey some of the underlying themes of a section of a novel, I can't find anything applicable, so I write my own and attribute it to this imaginary tome. I figured readers would eventually realize THE BOOK OF COUNTED SORROWS was my own invention, and I never expected that one day librarians and booksellers would be writing from all over the country, asking for help in tracking down this rare and mysterious volume!"
Mr. Koontz went on to say that he would publish such a book in a few years when he has enough verses to fill a volume. According to Shannon Presley of Harvest Books, "Koontz himself wrote the poems, attributed to a Stephen Crane...you can find the co
2006-07-07 14:52:34 · update #1
very nice i didnt really get it the first time its one of those poems where you have to read it a second time to really get the meaning.
yea but i can see why you like it, it had a lot of meaning and i liked it.
2006-07-07 14:35:32 · answer #1 · answered by saved_by_grace 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's nice to see an ode to agnosticism... especially in a day and age when no one seems to value evaluating all sides.
I dig it... but I think most Koontz readers do. From Sole Survivor right?
2006-07-07 21:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by Cabal O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I liked it.It was very nice & truthful
& if you wrote it a big pat on the back & don't stop writing beautiful poetry like this
2006-07-07 21:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by cowboys4lee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting poem. Bit on the dark side (pardon pun) but gets you to think. And yes, God is there and he's not far from each of us if we truly search for him.
2006-07-07 21:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by Kleersteel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sound like a saddened, lonely person like me.perhaps,that is why i like it.now you got me thinking of Dying ain't much of a livin for the young.Bon Jovi sings it.anyway, I think much hope in it.
God Bless
2006-07-07 21:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by lifeinheavenforeever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good poem about the futility of life.
2006-07-07 21:27:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting
2006-07-07 21:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Lily126 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good poem! Who wrote it?
2006-07-07 21:30:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its very good... I like it
I wish they would put a poetry section on here, don't know why they dont
2006-07-07 21:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by tybardy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well. it depends on my mood.
if i was very: emo-ihatetheworldlifesucks, then i would love this poem.
but right now since im happy. i cant relate much.
2006-07-07 21:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by Loraine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋