The Poe Toaster to appear on the 19th?

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[SunkenCiv]

The Poe Toaster
E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore

Since 1949, on the night of the anniversary of Poe's birth, a mysterious stranger has entered this cemetery and left as tribute a partial bottle of cognac and three roses on Poe's grave. The identity of the stranger, referred to affectionately as the Poe Toaster, is unknown. The significance of cognac is uncertain as it does not feature in Poe's works as would, for example, amontillado. The presumption for the three roses is that it represents the three persons whose remains are beneath the monument: Poe, his mother-in-law (Maria Clemm) and his wife Virginia. Out of respect, no attempt is made to stop or hinder him. Several of the bottles of cognac from prior years are on display in the Baltimore Poe House and Museum.

[beebuster2000]

wow. a reply after 12 months. little behind, are we?

[Physicist]

Sorry. Blame Sunken Civ for resurrecting it.

Nevermore.

[Chani]

You mean better late than nevermore, right? :)

[SunkenCiv]

I guess he died in the Poe house.

[rimshot!]

[FrogMom]

I was near Baltimore on a business trip so went up to see "The Harbor" and the Poe house. It is, unfortunately, in an absolutely crappy neighborhood, so drove by, glanced, and kept on going. Wanted to at least take a couple of pictures, but figured I'd get knocked in the head if I stopped.

[SunkenCiv]

It wasn't a midnight dreary, by any chance...

[FrogMom]

LOL!

No, actually a bright sunny spring afternoon. I enjoyed the hell out of the WWII sub that was in the harbor.

[SunkenCiv]

Anyone seen my Cask of Amontillado? I was just down in the basement and didn't see it.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/necromancer.htm

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Ugh.

Forgot to ping you to my last comment.

It's a quarter past four in the morning.

What do you expect?

:0}

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

[Swordmaker]

Anyone seen my Cask of Amontillado? I was just down in the basement and didn't see it.

Hic!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

LOL.

[SunkenCiv]

What?!? Why'd you ping me into a two year old thread?!? ;')

[SunkenCiv]

Dammit. I knew I should have had some locks put in.

[SunkenCiv]

Poe toaster, regular search (for news search, see the reply-to message):

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[SunkenCiv]

Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, holds the three roses and cognac bottle left at Edgar Allan Poe's headstone and grave at Westminster Church, Baltimore, Maryland. Jan. 19, 2005.

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Poe Toaster again eludes those who want discover his identity
Dan Viens

For the 57th year in a row, a mystery man has paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave to mark his birthday.

But this year, the curator of Baltimore's Poe House and Museum was saddened by disrespectful spectators. Jeff Jerome says some of the 25 observers at the tiny graveyard early this morning climbed over the walls and were "running all over the place."

The visitor managed to come and go without anyone stopping him. But because of the disruption, Jerome isn't giving details of what the mystery man was wearing, what he did at Poe's grave, and whether he left anything besides the roses and cognac, such as a note.

Jerome has seen the so-called Poe Toaster every January 19th since 1976.

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, forgot to ping ya...

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

LOL.

For the heck of it?!

:_)

Seriously though, I've always been a fan of Poe.

Although my favorite short story writer is still Nathaniel Hawthorne.

If I lived in Baltimore I would definitely consider this.

:0)

[SunkenCiv]

Ironically, it turns out that the "Poe toaster" thought he was visiting the grave of David Allan Coe, who (it turns out) is still alive. ;')

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

How can you tell?

:0)