Edgar Allan Poe

You write beautifully (29 person items)

"“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I"

Love is the Ultimate Truth (45 person items)

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

Imagination is Everything (27 person items)

""Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." "

30 People (30 person items)

" "Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality" -E.A.P. My inspiration"

Famous portraits of iconic people (115 person items)

" Date: 1848. Photographer: W.S. Hartshorn"

Top 10 Suicidal Writers (10 person items)

"Poe was a tortured genius, having lived through a great deal of personal tragedy, including the death of his wife in her early twenties (she was also his cousin). He turned to drugs and alcohol, and his intense melancholy and obsession with death can clearly be seen in his work, especially perhaps The Raven, a dirge of lost love that brought him to national prominence. He attempted suicide in 1848. He was found delirious in a Baltimore tavern. He died on October 7, 1849. The cause of his death h"

Poets (44 person items)

"★★★★★ Short Stories and Poems "

yord's 30 Days, 30 People Meme (30 person items)

"yord's Favorite Poet Qualities: Macabre, Vast, Lyrical, Melancholy Favorite Poem: The Conqueror Worm "

50 Favorite Authors (50 person items)

"The Collected Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (10/10) "

My Inspirations (8 person items)

" Edgar Allan Poe inspired me to express my thoughts and feelings by writing poems "

Favorite Poets (12 person items)

" Yes, Heaven is thine; but this Is a world of sweets and sours; Our flowers are merely- flowers, And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours. -Israfel"