The Poe Toaster
Jan. 19th, 2007 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrFor the 58th straight year, a mysterious visitor left birthday cognac and roses at Edgar Allan Poe's grave Friday.
As a writer, I gotta say that this story really gives me an absurd amount of pleasure. I have written for a number of reasons, but one small part is that there is (hopefully) some memory of me that might live on beyond the limits of my life.
The Poe toaster has been honoring Poe for 58 years (actually it seems to be one man, who was then followed by sons who continued the tradition). Poe himself only lived to be 40.
As a writer, I gotta say that this story really gives me an absurd amount of pleasure. I have written for a number of reasons, but one small part is that there is (hopefully) some memory of me that might live on beyond the limits of my life.
The Poe toaster has been honoring Poe for 58 years (actually it seems to be one man, who was then followed by sons who continued the tradition). Poe himself only lived to be 40.