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Forward into the Past

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    Edgar Alan Poe stirred our emotions so
       with tales of horror and woe        

    Today bombs are dropped like candy
       which for the winners is fine and dandy
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Categories: edgar alan poe, emotions, perspective, poetry, poets,
Form: Couplet

Love

...Love
Topic Sentence: The one thing that poisons and endangers love, has always been the test of time.

For the stars shine bright, 
On the loneliest of nights
To Give way a passage to Thee
The ...

Categories: edgar alan poe, abuse, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rhyme

The Death of Poe

...Edgar Alan Poe Is dead. Seriously, I read it.
He died in October 1849 - or did he?
Do we really know?

Poe wrote about death a lot,
he teased with it, it was his favorite tool.
He kept death cl...

Categories: edgar alan poe, dark, death, fear, humor,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Between the Jail and the Cemetery

...on the outskirts of town
between the county jail
and the cemetery
lies my home
Edgar Alan Poe
could live next door
but I don't know
I never see my neighbors

what I can't ignore 
is the par...

Categories: edgar alan poe, fate,
Form: Free verse

Disabled Poets Society

...Being driven by others 
who just don't see your illness
since it's not a broken arm or leg
keep saying I'm special I can win
the being disqualified because 

you never attended college.
nor be...

Categories: edgar alan poe, anxiety, appreciation, art, caregiving,
Form: Blank verse

Letter To a New Poet

...Dear Aspiring Poet,
   My name is Gershon Wolf.  I am a member of this wonderful club called "Poetry Soup."  Here are my views on the subject of poetry.
   'Modern Poetry' -- It sure seems that mod...

Categories: edgar alan poe, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Prose

Free

...When Edgar Alan Poe wrote
His famous last note
The last stanza of poem “Raven”
His character of hope having no beacon

I don’t think even he realized
In how much pain his character was
It is a...

Categories: edgar alan poe, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Men With the Same Name

...Here lies too great gentlemen, father and son.
                  Named after Edgar Alan Poe, so great a man was he.
                       But now, alas! They are now where Poe is,
            The...

Categories: edgar alan poe, absence, brother, death, father,
Form: Elegy

Looking For Ligeia

...LOOKING FOR LIGEIA -- One poem that came out of Maya Angelou wanting and insisting to me to study Edgar Alan Poe, was my introduction to LIGEIA, for those who do not know, Ligeia was a beautiful wife...

Categories: edgar alan poe, addiction, anxiety, bereavement, evil,
Form: Sonnet

The Poetic Warlock

...Note:  A "Warlock" is a male witch

I am the poetic Warlock,
Putting poets in a headlock
Spellbound? Just believe what you’re seeing
A morbid mind confined within my being!

Poetically I let t...

Categories: edgar alan poe, fantasy, holiday, metaphor, me,
Form: Rhyme Royal

This Is Dedicated To the One I Love the Shirrells Question Mark

...TEAR, FEAR AND EVERY STARE 
Ah, I remember Baudelaire
He oh so very rare
Privileged were we to share the same air
With genius penned on paper whose purpose was quite clear
Yes, such a man was  B...

Categories: edgar alan poe, fantasy
Form: Narrative

Yo Linda I Was Going To Send This To You First However

...I wasn't certain if it was even worthy of your talent and poetic voo-doo that you do 
so well ~f!~
                     TEAR, FEAR AND EVERY STARE 
Ah, I remember Baudelaire
He oh so very rare
P...

Categories: edgar alan poe, history
Form: Narrative