Poems by Conrad Aiken
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 06: Adele And Davis
... . . Paul would never forgive herhe'd never forgive her! ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 07: Two Lovers: Overtones
... Look how the tower is changed and glows!'Two lovers move in the crowd like a link of music, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 08: The Box With Silver Handles
... 'They'll soon be lighting candles round a box with silver handles' ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 09: Interlude
... . .The young boy whistles, hurrying down the street, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 10: Sudden Death
... At the doors of breath!'She rose and stared at her own reflection, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 11: Snow falls. The sky is grey, and sullenly glares
... . . And the slow night whirls in snow over towers of dreamers, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 01: As evening falls
... . . Along dark veins, like lights the quick dreams run, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 02: The Screen Maiden
... Rose to the walls in a cloud,And the lips moved faintly, and the eyes, and the calm hands stirred ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 03: Haunted Chambers
... You dreamed last night of fiddler-crabs with fiddles ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 04: Illicit
... while she, Perplexed and tired, half told me I must go, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 05: Melody In A Restaurant
... And oaks are stripped and bare, and smoke with lightning: ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 06: Portrait Of One Dead
... And the floorless room in which she called you 'friend ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 07: Porcelain
... Well, no matter!This is the sort of thing you'll see of me, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 08: Coffins: Interlude
... . . The fine snow flutes the cracks between the flagstones ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 09: Cabaret
... Grow pale, feeling the skeleton touch of time,Or, laughing sadly, talk of things important, ...
