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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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Exile

... Yes, and bring mountains with you, white, moon-bearing, ...

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Chiaroscuro Rose

...  He The last blurred raindrops fall from the half-clear sky, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 09:

... . . . 'This is the moment' (so you would say, in silence) ...

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North Infinity Street

... carpeted or bare, by the rail at the head of the stair, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 08:

... . . The fine snow flutes the cracks between the flagstones ...

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The Charnel Rose: A Symphony

... And the dark blue dusk closed above him, like an ocean of regret ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 01: 07:

... She clutches the pillow, she gasps for breath, she screams ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 01: 02:

... . . There, in the high bright window he dreams, and sees ...

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The Dreamer Of Dreams

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

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Improvisations: Light And Snow: 02

... Looking at the blue butterflies embroidered on tawny silk ...

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From: Time In The Rock

... to deliver to the glass this instant of change, what margin ...

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Goya

... but Keats (Under the halyards) wrote ‘Bright star ...

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Over The Darkened City

... ' The wind hurls blows at the rain-starred glistening windows, ...

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Knock On The Door

...  Will laugh upon you, and you will find me nowhere&hellip ...

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How Is It That I Am Now So Softly Awakened

... You rouse and stretch upward, exhaling earth, inhaling sky, ...