Richard Aldington was one of the founding poets of the Imagist Movement along with his friend Ezra Pound and wife H.D. His poetry is heavily influenced by Japanese art and contains many references to Greek tragedies and myths.
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Le Maudit
Women’s tears are but water;
The tears of men are blood.
He sits alone in the firelight
And on either side drifts by
Sleep, like a torrent whirling,
Profound, wrinkled and dumb.
Circuitously, stealthily,
Dawn occupies the city;
As if the seasons knew of his grief
Spring has suddenly...