Poem D:
In the House of Edgar Allan Poe
When winter thawed her frosty hold
And I was feeling better
I moved a brick and from the hole
Out fluttered an old letter
It spoke sepulchred, doleful tomes
Of ravens and Lenore
A beating heart that never stilled
And all such tales of yore
I fancied for a moments lull
I felt the ghost of Poe
I hid the letter by his grave
Beneath the melting snow
Poem D
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Because of the numerous references to Poe's works I must wonder if this poem is about rediscovering Poe as an adult after a brief aquaintance in childhood? The poem works well and the brick is surely multiple entendre that I hope the author will explain further. Is Poe's grave the figurative resting place of an old love who loved Poe also?
"For the captain had quitted the long drawn strife
And in far Simoree had taken a wife." (R Kipling)
And in far Simoree had taken a wife." (R Kipling)