Edgar Allan: Ravenous Poe

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In a darkened chamber 

shadows twist and writhe 

Pale light spills through cracked panes

illuminating dust motes 

The air, thick with the scent of age and decay

A raven, black as a void, 

perches on the windowsill 

Its eyes, piercing, stare into the soul 

Murmurs of lost hopes and unfulfilled 

dreams linger in the corners

Quill in hand, he writes feverishly 

Ink, like blood, stains the parchment 

with thoughts 

Driven by an insatiable 

hunger for the macabre

Loneliness clings to him, 

a relentless spectre 

Tormented by visions of the departed 

He seeks consolation in the written word, 

an eternal struggle

Haunted by silence, he listens 

To groanings of the damned 

and reverberating sorrows

He captures their essence, 

binding them in prose

His heart, a labyrinth of grief and longing 

Beats with a melancholy cadence 

He exists in liminal spaces

between life and death

In the end, 

he remains 

A solitary figure, 

surrounded by the phantoms of his creation 

Eternally bound to the darkness, 

a poet of the night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Born 19 January, 1809. 

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This is much more than a poem

This is much more than a poem about E.A. Poe.  I am no expert on Poe, but I believe this is a textbook perfect introduction to his personality.  This poem should be read aloud at his tomb.  In my opinion as a poet, this poem is superior to Mallarme's poem on Poe.

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That suggestion about its

That suggestion about its reading sends bristles up the spine! A graveyard reading, curious and intriguing


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