A mysterious person, known as the “Poe Toaster,” has visited the grave of Edgar Allan Poe every January 19 since 1949. Because the visitor has been arriving on Poe’s birthday for 58 years, it is assumed that he represents a tradition carried on by a series of Poe admirers. Each year, however, the ritual is [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Grave Occasions
Posted in As Symbol on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Rose Is A Rose
Posted in As Symbol on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, Ashes
All fall down
This old nursery rhyme goes with a children’s game that involves standing in a circle and holding hands, skipping in a circle and then falling down on the last line. The supposed connection of the words to the bubonic or black plague is apparently without [...]
