God is Dead

[RiverNotch]

'nought but' is a bit awkward and archaic. 'is here' comes off silly and contrived for the rhyme. Perhaps you could work at pairing 'god is dead' with 'chance survives' into your closing.

I think the antiquity of the statement is wonderful, actually: a splash of irony against the future-looking line before it. The poem doesn't need any changing, or any additions: it has a good rhythm and the word choice is strong, plus the terseness makes it all the more forceful in presenting its point. What it needs is a reply.

How about critiquing the poem and not the critiques RiverRot.

Doesn't that part somewhat count as a critique of the poem? Like an alternate interpretation of the poem's wording or something?