Who is Conrad Aiken
Conrad AikenBornConrad Potter Aiken(1889-08-05)August 5, 1889
Savannah, Georgia, United StatesDiedAugust 17, 1973(1973-08-17) (aged 84)
Savannah, Georgia, United StatesOccupationPoet, playwright, essayist, novelist, criticSpouseJessie McDonald (1912–19...
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Conrad Aiken Poems
- Music I Heard
Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead.... - Zudora
Here on the pale beach, in the darkness;
With the full moon just to rise;
They sit alone, and look over the sea,
Or into each other's eyes. . .... - Violet Moore And Bert Moore
He thinks her little feet should pass
Where dandelions star thickly grass;
Her hands should lift in sunlit air
Sea-wind should tangle up her hair.... - The House Of Dust: Part 04: 07: The Sun Goes Down In A Cold Pale Flare Of Light
The sun goes down in a cold pale flare of light.
The trees grow dark: the shadows lean to the east:
And lights wink out through the windows, one by one.
A clamor of frosty sirens mourns at the night.... - The House Of Dust: Part 04: 06: Cinema
As evening falls,
The walls grow luminous and warm, the walls
Tremble and glow with the lives within them moving,
Moving like music, secret and rich and warm....
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- Africanpolymath: then i would take the bed lamp place it under the covers and with the heat and hidden light i would continue to read: ibsen shakespeare chekov jeffers thurber conrad aiken others.
- Printmag: the 1965 children’s book, cats and bats and things with wings, was a collaborative project between glaser and poet conrad aiken. glaser sent one drawing at a time to aiken, who would respond with a poem.
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- Mbharrington501: when the tree bares, the music of it changes: hard and keen is the sound, long and mournful; pale are the poplar boughs in the evening light above my house, against a slate-cold cloud. –conrad potter aiken (1889–1973)
