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Aiken’s poetry is characterized by its exploration of psychological states, often employing dreamlike imagery and a stream-of-consciousness style. His poems delve into themes of alienation, identity, and the human condition.
Aiken produced much of his most important work in the 1920s and early 1930s, including his Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Selected Poems (1930), even though this period was one of personal upheaval for the author, including a divorce from his first wife and a suicide attempt.
Conrad Aiken. 1899 –. 1973. She rose among us where we lay. She wept, we put our work away. She chilled our laughter, stilled our play; And spread a silence there. And darkness shot across the sky, And once, and twice, we heard her cry;
Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952.
The Things. whispers of comfort—Death is near, rejoice!—. into that house whose tenants do not love. Conrad Aiken, “The Things” from “The Coming Forth by Day of Osiris Jones,” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1953 by Conrad Aiken. Reprinted with the permission of Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.
Conrad Aiken - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Conrad Potter Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 5, 1889.
Exile. By Conrad Aiken. These hills are sandy. Trees are dwarfed here. Crows. Caw dismally in skies of an arid brilliance, Complain in dusty pine-trees. Yellow daybreak.
Summer. By Conrad Aiken. Absolute zero: the locust sings: summer’s caught in eternity’s rings: the rock explodes, the planet dies, we shovel up our verities. The razor rasps across the face. and in the glass our fleeting race. lit by infinity’s lightning wink.
Conrad Aiken Poems. Conrad Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and novelist, born in Savannah, Georgia. His work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play and an autobiography. Aiken's earliest poetry was written partly unde.
To traverse so many worlds, so many ages, And come to this chaos again, This vast symphonic dance of death, This incoherent dust. This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 23, 2018, by the Academy of American Poets.
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