tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post840300042488125915..comments2023-06-04T03:28:30.162-07:00Comments on <b>Necessary Acts of Devotion</b>: Chapter One Hundred Eight, in which the Poem of the Month is featuredQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-45777487197480990992006-04-03T13:44:00.000-07:002006-04-03T13:44:00.000-07:00Poe has been a favorite of mine since a young age....Poe has been a favorite of mine since a young age. I first saw a production of The Tell-Tale Heart in 5th grade, and we had to memorize Annabel Lee when I was in 7th grade, and it's never left me. I now regret that I never made it to Richmond to see his former home. I lived in NC and it wouldn't have been a terribly long trip. Silly me.Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-88787330259568376622006-04-03T15:26:00.000-07:002006-04-03T15:26:00.000-07:00When I was in 7th grade (me too! me too!), I someh...When I was in 7th grade (me too! me too!), I somehow unearthed a leather-bound volume of Poe's collected works. Every page was lined in, what I perceived then to be, gold. I was in love. I memorized his poetry, I spoke often of his short stories, and I delved into much research on his life, his processes and, of course, the darkness that is Poe. In short, I really freaked my parents out. But I do love a good Poe poem. He's so....over the top, yet so firmly so that you must sit back in awe. <br><br>Thanks for a lovely trip to 7th grade and back again!calliehttp://counterbalance.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-73251035770551768392006-04-03T15:50:00.000-07:002006-04-03T15:50:00.000-07:00His writing is wonderfully gothic. You both must b...His writing is wonderfully gothic. You both must be precocious--most children don't become fascinated by such morbid things until their teens.Quillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-2856929698307427602006-04-03T16:36:00.000-07:002006-04-03T16:36:00.000-07:00Poe always gives me the giggles, I don't know ...Poe always gives me the giggles, I don't know why. I guess because I can't stop thinking how great they would sound set to bluegrass tunes, with a little banjo accompaniment.Ellahttp://www.boxofbooks.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-72951024961731276952006-04-07T15:28:00.000-07:002006-04-07T15:28:00.000-07:00Poe was one of the first to write detective storie...Poe was one of the first to write detective stories and a top-drawer literary editor and book reviewer. He always wanted to own a literary journal. Never did. But he, as editor of a few, took them to the top of the heap. He lived was one of saddest lives of our literary greats. And great he was.halnoreply@blogger.com