The Poetry Of Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at the American writer Edgar Allan Poe who in the following poems is seen to be a gifted and accomplished poet


Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was born in Boston Massachusetts on January 19th 1809 and was orphaned at an early age.  Taken in by the Allan family his education was cut short by lack of money and he went to the military academy,  West Point where he failed to become an officer.  


His early literary works were poetic but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals until in January 1845 The Raven was published and became an instant classic.  


Thereafter followed the works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and macabre. In this volume we bring you some of his poetry, all less well known than his stories, but fascinating none the less. Some are dark and others speak of love.  Together they help to round out Edgar Allan Poe the Artist.  


Poe died at the early age of 40 in 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland


Many of these poems are also available our sister company Portable Poetry.  Many samples are at our youtube channel   http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee   and can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores.  


Index Of Poems

The Haunted Place 

The Raven 

To My Mother 

A Dream Within A Dream 

Annabel Lee 

The Sleeper 

A Dream

A Valentine

Dreamland

Dreams

Romance

Sonnet - Silence

Ulalame

Alone

Eldorado

Evening Star

To The River

The Happiest Day

Lenore

Tamerlane

The Bridal Ballad

The Coliseum

Eulalie

Fairy-Land

The Valley Of Unrest

To One in Paradise

Stanzas

Sonnet - To Science

Spirits Of The Dead

Epigram For Wall Street

An Acrostic

An Enigma

Sancta Maria

In Youth I Have Known One

Israfel

The Conqueror Worm

The City In The Sea

The Coliseum

The Forest Reverie

The Divine Right Of Kings

To One Departed