It's time for Shan's Weekend Wordles.
Here's what you do:
1) Go to Wordle.net to create your Wordle.
2) Post it on your blog with a link to Shan's Week~End Wordles or Last Shreds Of Sanity.
3) Once that's done, go back to Last Shreds Of Sanity and sign the Mr Linky that she'll have up - this will help direct those who play along to your blog.
"The distinguished American poet Edgar Allan Poe, was impoverished before he died, and found delirious and distressed outside a Baltimore tavern after leaving Richmond, Virginia a week before. He never regained his senses enough to relay what had happened to him.
He died four days later in hospital on October 7, 1849.
Fewer than 10 people attended Poe's original funeral 160 years ago. The funeral itself was hastily prepared, and Poe's cousin, Neilson Poe, never formally announced his death.
His funeral was plagued from the beginning when a train derailed, crashing into the stonecutter's yard, destroying Poe's tombstone before it could be installed. Also, Rufus Griswold, an enemy of Poe's, wrote a libelous obituary that damaged Poe's reputation for many years to come.
This Sunday, in Baltimore, Maryland, in probably the splashiest of events marking the 200th birthday of the famous writer, his funeral will be held again, this time in a fashion befitting a man recognized as one of America's greatest writers.
Two services are planned at the former church next to his actual grave. Each service will allow 350 guests, the most that the church will hold."
Quoted from News source
From Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
''Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
A much cooler, "The Raven"-based wordle can be found (here)
14 comments:
Well isn't that a streak of bad luck?
The "much cooler" wordle is pretty cool.
Poe's work always leaves me looking over my shoulder.. heh heh.
Nice wordle.
I remember having to write a report about Poe in school. Fun stuff.
wow, that other Wordle was quite impressive in the shape of a raven!
I like yours too!
interesting with all the events for his 200th birthday; I wonder if they still teach him in English classes these days....
betty
I LOVE your wordle iggy, it is so sad that not many attended his funeral, hopefully he will be watching the big one thats planned for him now, HUGS
I think both Wordles are really cool. They taught some Poe while I was in highschool, but it's been over 20 years now, so who knows.
VERY Cool!
You know....I made LadyStyx's wordle this week....I'm just saying....
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Amazing. I never knew that about Poe. Great wordie - both of 'em.
That's my favourite of his poems.
Wasn't Poe addicted to Opium or some such drug? Or do I have the wrong poet? There were a few of them back then. The drugs were easy to get and people didn't really realize how addictive they were. Now you have me wanting to look him up online, but I am too dang sore to sit here anymore--ROFL!! Will I wonder--forever more....? Hehe!! :):)
PS
There's a guy I follow on Twitter who uses that same picture of Poe (on your link) and writes "VeryShortStory" twitters--some of which are very disturbing--hehe! For example:
"After a week, I got rid of the baby. I refuse to own anything that has to be hand washed."
I love the raven wordle!
Sometimes wordles can be insignificant, expecially if you aren't 100% familar with the text. This one's special though - it brings back all sorts of memories of that Simpsons episode, and english classes, and old halloween blog posts!
Very odd about Mr Poe's death...
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