Edgar Poems - Poems about Edgar

“Tell all the truth but tell it slant—” So you whispered, Emily, through shrouded lace, while your pen carved light into Amherst shadows. But truth, even slant, can cut, and not all knives find a hand to hone them. And...Read the rest...

If in his time the mechanism had existed, would he have written even more? Would all his neighbors believe him mad? As he watched beauty succumb to deaths door His ethos words impress; insanity only when possessing...Read the rest...

The Raven: A Date with Death I danced a date a date with Death. He sat me down for tea. In the darkness sat the swirl of infinity. The ringlets 'round his brow did stain the spirits evermore....Read the rest...

Edgar A. Poe penned a poem long ago of this raven of lore that would shriek, “Nevermore”. And a madness within was awoken when that word from the Raven was spoken. “Nevermore”, did it say when Lenore passed away. “Evermore” would a...Read the rest...

The Raven and the Bard -Daniel Henry Rodgers The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night, Its haunting words, a melody of fright. The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair, Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...Read the rest...

"I am a writer. Therefore. I am not sane." - Edgar Allan Poe We all go a little mad sometimes ... In the middle of the night, Our minds raving words and rhymes Hands compelled to...Read the rest...

Warning - Don't read The Raven and Watch Hitchcock on the same night. Once before my bedtime, nearing, which I dreaded, fazed and fearing, Stories mother would read me before she closed and locked...Read the rest...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I tapped my keyboard, my eyes bleary As I tried to write a novel that was no bore I looked for inspiration, how to avoid clichés temptation I’d write about rejuvenation—hope for...Read the rest...

"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams" Edgar Allan Poe My true love was always my moonbeam To breathe her light She had to be her own addiction She has control over...Read the rest...

19th century writer, Edgar Allen Poe - Romance and the macabre to his readers he would show. Those who study literature likely know the poem “Lenore” and that famous line of his: Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”...Read the rest...

there was a sweet little man with a penchant for fashion who wears his jackets tan he closes his eyes when he smiles and looks awfully dashing eyes of green and gloves of white he struts about without a worry soaking in...Read the rest...

A Revised Edition From The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, vol. II, 1850 In the icy air where the stars do sprinkle bright keeping time, keeping time with the...Read the rest...

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 love I fear...Read the rest...

In the distance, a soul does mourn, The Raven caws, a heart forlorn, Fear grips tight, as life's sun sets, Having never danced, with wild regrets. A life unlived, a dream unchased, A heart that yearns, but feels misplaced, In twilight's...Read the rest...

In midnight's grasp, a raven took flight, Its ebony wings adorned with sorrow's might, Through veils of darkness, it soared alone, A haunting presence, to worlds unknown. Its onyx feathers whispered tales of woe, Echoing through the night, a mournful...Read the rest...