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Robert J. Lindley, original rhyme,
June 9th 1985--
edited, August 1989, May 1997, November 1999,
Jule 23rd, 2007 and finally today, Dec 08--2020....
FORTY-EIGHT VERSES EVENTUALLY CUT DOWN TO THIRTY.
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First Note:
Born thirty-five years ago as tribute to
the legendary master of deep, dark poetry,
Edgar Allan Poe. I took my time and have
finally decided to complete this one. I
got inspired recently and started on this
with the goal to get it presented while I
yet could see dawn's sweet sunrise, its
gleaming glows that to our lives are so
comforting and so very sweet. In other
words, do this piece while I could still
breathe and with some degree of measured
insight, thought and imagination, tackle
the problem of how in modern poetry too
oft dark poetry is vilified and scorned
by otherwise decent people and fine poets
that think it glorifies evil/darkness.
When truth is it exposes such as better
to awaken and counter its ills, its many
negative effects and hidden deceptions
that catch the innocence of youth in its
dire and oft very harmful, sometimes its
even deadly grasps. In this, I do so hope
to clarify my stand on dark poetry, and
honor Master Poe, while bringing to Light,
how so many of the truly golden great poets
of old also wrote dark poetry. God bless...
2nd note:
Light must shine upon the Dark in order that
we are made aware of the reality that it
prefers to be hidden for in hiding it can
better catch unaware not only our youth, but
also even we adults. To defeat an enemy one
must be made aware it exists, how it operates
and then find a way to combat it.....