Conrad Aiken image
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Born in August 5, 1889 / Died in August 17, 1973 / United States / English

Poems by Conrad Aiken

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The House Of Dust: Part 01: 01:

... We crowd through the streets in a dazzle of pallid lamplight, ...

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Improvisations: Light And Snow: 04

... We refrained from looking at the child’s coffin on the seat before us ...

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How to Accompany The Moon Without Walking

... bells breaking bronze, gold, down, the scattered tinkle, ...

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Violet Moore and Bert Moore

... And when she dances his young heart swells ...

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Summer

... while still obedient to valves and knobs ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 02:

... And the lips moved faintly, and the eyes, and the calm hands stirred ...

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Improvisations: Light And Snow: 14

... With roots bared to the sun and stars ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 01: 05:

... We diverge from clamorous streets to streets that are silent ...

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The Cornet

... . . And watched her knees flash up, and her young hands beckon, ...

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Seven Twilights

...   Birch-leaves, beyond them, twinkle, and there on the hill, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 02: 10:

... . . And graves were dug in the earth, and coffins passed, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 02: 04:

... I plunge through the curtain, run through dark to the street, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 02: 11:

... . . And the slow night whirls in snow over towers of dreamers, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 01:

... . . Along dark veins, like lights the quick dreams run, ...

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The House Of Dust: {Complete}

... —is I . . . I laugh in the warm bright light of answering laughter, ...