160 years after his death, Edgar Allan Poe finally to get proper funeral

canadianpress ^ | 2 hours ago | Ben Nuckols

[JoeProBono]

BALTIMORE — It's been a good 200th anniversary year for Edgar Allan Poe. The master of gothic horror has been celebrated at events in several cities to mark the bicentennial of his birth.

And on Sunday in Baltimore, he'll get the funeral he never had.

Fewer than 10 people attended Poe's funeral when he died in October 1849 at age 40. His cousin, Neilson Poe, never announced the great writer's death publicly.

Because of intense interest, Baltimore will host two funerals. Each is expected to draw about 350 people to Westminster Hall, the former church adjacent to Poe's grave. Actors will portray Poe's friends and contemporaries as well as writers and artists who cited Poe as an influence.

The Poe House and Museum will also host a viewing of a replica of Poe's body on Wednesday.

[JoeProBono]

Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum looks over a replica of the body of Edgar Allan Poe, in Baltimore, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. The Poe House will host a viewing of a replica of the body of Poe on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, followed by the funeral he never had on Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

[earlJam]

What’s “proper”?

Are they going to bury him next to Anna Belle Lee? Under the floorboards of his house?

[toast]

I think he would like to be buried under the floorboards of the museum.

[earlJam]

haha

Beat you by zero seconds.

[Publius]

“Nevermore!”

[lysie]

Ping! Ha!

[JoeProBono]

[ArrogantBustard]

What’s “proper”?

"For the love of God, Montressor!!!"

[Dysart]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Cincinatus]

As I rapidly made the mesmeric passes, amid ejaculations of "dead! dead!" absolutely bursting from the tongue and not from the lips of the sufferer, his whole frame at once—within the space of a single minute, or less, shrunk—crumbled—absolutely rotted away beneath my hands. Upon the bed, before the whole company, there lay a nearly liquid mass of loathsome—of detestable putrescence.

[Cincinatus]

Indeed

[JoeProBono]

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[a fool in paradise]

A sequel to this:

[a fool in paradise]

[fieldmarshaldj]

Better rush down to Bawlamer for this one.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I’ll just hoist one to him next time I go to Poe’s Tavern on Sullivan’s Island.

http://www.literarytraveler.com/literary_articles/poe_on_sullivans_island.aspx

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sullivan's Island. Last went there 21 years ago, I literally "toured" Fort Moultrie in about 90 seconds when they were locking up the joint in the late afternoon.

[Slings and Arrows]

Let's celebrate! Somebody bring up a cask of Amontillado.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Who was Edgar Allan Poe? Was he on CNN?

[martin_fierro]

That's more like Better Camel Toe.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Victoria Delsoul]

Better rush down to Bawlamer for this one.

I said a prayer in his memory, instead. :-)

[fieldmarshaldj]

So you really think I’m like Poe, huh ?

[sonic109]

Is that Jane Fonda?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, if your house starts collapsing on top of you, that would seal it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Heh. *cough*

That’s, uh, real... um... funny... yeah...

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!

[a fool in paradise]

Well, if your house starts collapsing on top of you, that would seal it.

Speaking of which, after 9 months of the Obama Administration, I'm LIVING in the Poe House.

[TheOldLady]

You first.

[Redcitizen]

I’ve got my trowel.Go ahead and get the cask.

[Slings and Arrows]

What you mean “we,” White Eyes?

[Victoria Delsoul]

No to worry. At the rate Obama implements his policies of destruction, we will soon all be living in the Poe house.

[TheOldLady]

The last time I heard that one, I laughed so hard that I fell off my dinosaur.