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  • Conrad Aiken.
    Conrad Aiken

    … (1953), including a long sequence “Preludes to Definition,” which some critics consider his masterwork, and the often anthologized “Morning Song of Senlin.” Aiken served as the poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (now poet laureate consultant in poetry) from 1950 to ’52.

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    … (1953), including a long sequence “Preludes to Definition,” which some critics consider his masterwork, and the often anthologized “Morning Song of Senlin.” Aiken served as the poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (now poet laureate consultant in poetry) from 1950 to ’52.

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