Edgar Allan Poe

Each line of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven still has the power to send a chill down the spine. Now Charles Dickens’ pet raven called Grip – the little known, real-life inspiration behind one of literature’s most terrifying poems – has been has been put on display to commemorate the author’s 200th birthday. The bird, which Dickens has a taxidermist preserve, has been given pride of place in a new exhibition in Philadelphia’s public library. The raven appeared as a minor character in...Read Full Story

Bird Of Poetry of the Day: The raven that inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s well-known narrative poem is now on display at a Free Library of Philadelphia exhibit in honor of Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday. Dickens? Wha? Well, it seems the raven was actually the Victorian novelist’s pet bird Grip. It was the raven’s brief appearance in Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge which inspired Poe to write his poem: He felt the black bird had been shortchanged. Upon Dickens’ death in 1870, Grip was stuffed and...Read Full Story

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The Raven Poster The Raven Release: March 9, 2012 Director: James McTeigue Writer: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen   Synopsis: In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue, the film also stars Alice Eve, Brendan...Read Full Story

I don't remember where I found this poem and don't have the author's name. If anyone can supply the name of the clever poet who wrote this, I'll gladly attribute it to him. Or her. Or them. On a night quite unenchanting, when the rain was downward slanting, I awakened to the ranting of the man I catch mice for. Tipsy and a bit unshaven, in a tone I found quite craven, Poe was talking to a Raven perched above the chamber door. "Raven's very tasty," thought I, as I tiptoed o'er...Read Full Story