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A Poem for Thanksgiving: ‘My Raven’ by Roy E. Peterson

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November 25, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Raven
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. My Raven My Raven is a different bird. I guess he learned a different word Than Poe’s that uttered “Nevermore.” My Raven tells me, “Furthermore.” “Alright” I said “what do you want? Why did...

A 2020 Election Allegory: ‘The Purloined Lectern’ by Bruce Dale Wise

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May 18, 2021
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. The Purloined Lectern by C. Aubre DeWiles It was the fall, November, 2020, in the night. My friend, Earl Dolan Page, and I were chatting in low light. We sat within his little study in his little...
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‘Nevermore! If Edgar Allan Poe Submitted “The Raven” today’ by Tonia Kalouria

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January 2, 2021
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  Dear Edgar, __We’re sorry our response has taken so much time, but it grieves and pains to tell you that you’ve missed our paradigm. __While past works were droll and erudite ---nay,...

‘The Valley’ by Martin Hill Ortiz

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March 31, 2020
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  Cruising down an LA freeway, hustling for a little leeway Passing many a rusted relic from Detroit's Plutonian shore. Hoping all would turn to see me, knowing all would want to be me Driving in my...

‘Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Christmas Editition’ by Studio C

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February 19, 2020
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‘The Turkey Vulture’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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January 25, 2020
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  Years ago—I still remember: final Thursday in November, I was in my kitchen cooking food to rival feasts of yore; To and fro sashaying, hopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, chopping, Dish by...

‘The Anchor’ by Steven Shaffer

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December 7, 2018
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after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" __Once upon an evening dreary, I searched for news, at least in theory, Over many a dubious and mendacious channel that I abhor— __While I surfed, nearly barfing,...

Essay: On Edgar Allan Poe’s Search for Supernal Beauty and His Five Greatest Poems

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February 12, 2018
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. by David Bellemare Gosselin Today, seldom is Edgar Allan Poe's voice heard as it's drowned out by the popular notions of Poe as some sort of deranged man whose stories and poetry are simply the product of...

‘The Drunken’ (A Raven Parody) by J. Simon Harris

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January 30, 2018
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I wandered, drunk and weary, Over many a quaint and dimlit alley of forgotten doors— While I plodded, barely standing, suddenly I heard a chanting, As of someone softly...

A Look at T.S. Eliot Looking at Edgar Allan Poe

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May 5, 2016
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By Wilbur Dee Case | Edited by Kent Van May Now I can see why T.S. Eliot disliked Edgar Allan Poe's verse; Eliot was trying to write a different kind of poetry; and it is no surprise that, for Eliot, Poe...

How to Write a Poem Like Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’

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April 5, 2016
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By Dusty Grein and Evan Mantyk “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the English language’s most popular and influential poems since it was written in 1845. Much of this was Poe’s own doing,...

A Reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Raven’ by Evan Mantyk

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March 20, 2016
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Inspired by real events in China   Not that long ago in China, in a labor camp confined a Year or longer, I was sitting, making for a U.S. store Christmas tree lights meant for hanging, when there...




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