Like an old tree uprooted by the wind
And flung down cruelly
With roots bared to the sun and stars
And limp leaves brought to earth -
Torn from its house -
So do I seem to myself
When you have left me.

(C) Conrad Potter Aiken
03/27/2017


Best Poems of Conrad Potter Aiken

• The Grasshopper
• The Dance Of Life
• Over The Darkened City
• The House Of Dust: Part 04: 03: Palimpsest: A Deceitful Portrait
• Melody In A Restaurant
• Senlin, A Biography: Part 03: His Cloudy Destiny - 02
• Improvisations: Light And Snow: 11
• The Carver
• The House Of Dust: Part 04: 04: Counterpoint: Two Rooms
• One
• Chiaroscuro: Rose
• Red Is The Color Of Blood
• Improvisations: Light And Snow: 15
• The House Of Dust: Part 01: 03: One, Where The Pale Sea Foamed At The Yellow Sand
• Improvisations: Light And Snow: 06
• Multitudes Turn In Darkness
• Improvisations: Light And Snow: 07
• The House Of Dust: Part 01: 08: The White Fog Creeps From The Cold Sea Over The City
• The House Of Dust: Part 03: 01: As Evening Falls
• The House Of Dust - Part Iv - Complete
• The House Of Dust: Part 03: 02: The Screen Maiden