For Halloween: An Ode to Readers of Poe

With Halloween 2009 approaching our doorsteps - hands out for chocolate treats or else - it seems that a timely rhyme is on my Gather menu today  in honor of those who join me in a lifelong pursuit of readings the works, macabre and otherwise, of Edgar Allan Poe.

Known as the Father of the Modern Detective Novel, Edgar Poe's life and death are shrouded in dark mysteries which have proven difficult to budge into the light of full  understanding, so after the carnage of my rhyminess, you'll find a link to a recent article concerning the Astrology of poet Poe's life and death.

Several links are provided in the article including one to Gather's own Peter Wimsey's photo journal feature on his visit to one of America's Poe Museums in Richmond.

So even if you don't speak 'astrologese' you may gain a few insights into the enduring mysteries surrounding Edgar Allan Poe and his ultimate demise under what some believe were suspicious circumstances.

Okay, turn down the lights and let me get out my quill pen to splotch a few lines of - An Ode to Readers of Poe:

While reading Edgar Allan Poe

you get so darned depressed you know

a feeling rather odd and craven

lights upon you like a raven

Back to tell-tale hearts once more

to find what frights they have in store

yon fireside makes a cozy haven

drink your tea with ribloflavin

Better disregard this rhyme

not worth a nickel or a dime

in life Poe made no money either

now i'll stop and take a breather.

JC 10.6.09  4:38 pm edt

http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/08/edgar-allan-poe-natal-chart-jan-19-1809.html

An image of Poe's 'death chart' is displayed within the post - Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 is the 160th anniversary of his death (1849); natal chart details are included; article links concerning the annual and mysterious 'Poe Toaster' are provided as well. jc