Poetic Openings : Conrad Aiken to Conrad Aiken
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 01: His Dark Origins - 04 :
First Line : Senlin, walking before us in the sunlight,
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 01: His Dark Origins - 05 :
First Line : In the hot noon, in an old and savage garden,
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 01: His Dark Origins - 06 :
First Line : Rustling among his odds and ends of knowledge
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 01: His Dark Origins - 07 :
First Line : ‘And am I then a pyramid?’ says Senlin,
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 01: His Dark Origins - 08 :
First Line : In cold blue lucid dusk before the sunrise,
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 02: His Futile Preoccupations - 01 :
First Line : I am a house, says Senlin, locked and darkened,
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 02: His Futile Preoccupations - 02 :
First Line : It is morning, Senlin says, and in the morning
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 02: His Futile Preoccupations - 03 :
First Line : I walk to my work, says Senlin, along a street
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 02: His Futile Preoccupations - 04 :
First Line : That woman—did she try to attract my attention?
Poet : Conrad Aiken :
Poem : Senlin, A Biography: Part 02: His Futile Preoccupations - 05 :
First Line : It is noontime, Senlin says, and a street piano
