Post by Kobolos on Feb 2, 2004 14:39:51 GMT -5
one of my favorite Poe aspects...
The Poe Toaster:
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.
www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm
The Passing of the Torch:
www.lubbockonline.com/news/012097/mysterio.htm
labyrinth13.com/Poe_Toaster.htm
this years message:
www2.cnn.com/2004/US/South/01/19/poe.visitor.ap/index.html
For 56 years, someone has marked the writer's birthday by slinking into the small cemetery where Poe is buried to place French cognac and three roses on his grave in the middle of the night.
This year, however, the mystery visitor included a note with a possible reference to French opposition to the war in Iraq.
"The sacred memory of Poe and his final resting place is no place for French cognac," the note read. "With great reluctance but for respect for family tradition the cognac is place. The memory of Poe shall live evermore!"
The Poe Toaster:
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.
www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm
The Passing of the Torch:
www.lubbockonline.com/news/012097/mysterio.htm
labyrinth13.com/Poe_Toaster.htm
this years message:
www2.cnn.com/2004/US/South/01/19/poe.visitor.ap/index.html
For 56 years, someone has marked the writer's birthday by slinking into the small cemetery where Poe is buried to place French cognac and three roses on his grave in the middle of the night.
This year, however, the mystery visitor included a note with a possible reference to French opposition to the war in Iraq.
"The sacred memory of Poe and his final resting place is no place for French cognac," the note read. "With great reluctance but for respect for family tradition the cognac is place. The memory of Poe shall live evermore!"