#1
Exile
‘Exile’ paints the stark desolation of exile, craving nature’s beauty against a backdrop of profound isolation and longing.
#2
Music I Heard
‘Music I Heard’ by Conrad Aiken describes the irreparably changed world of a speaker who has lost his lover but not the most poignant of his memories.
#3
The Vampire
‘The Vampire’ by Conrad Aiken describes the coming of a great evil and the choices made by men in the midst of apocalyptic darkness.
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.
