tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post625570842459496550..comments2024-03-28T23:31:06.181-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: WHAT INSPIRED EDGAR ALLAN POE?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-10395477730459253342016-02-09T12:56:27.752-06:002016-02-09T12:56:27.752-06:00It would be an education, wouldn't it? :-) Tha...It would be an education, wouldn't it? :-) Thanks for enjoying my little post. Brave the shadows and read my latest post: THE MARDI GRAS MURDERSRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73897877838562741852016-02-09T11:14:38.724-06:002016-02-09T11:14:38.724-06:00What an amazing idea and wonderful post. If we wer...What an amazing idea and wonderful post. If we were but the fly on the wall watching and taking notes while our favorite poets jotted their immortal lines. Intangible Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047040538015079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-30308276697833772992016-02-09T11:06:18.219-06:002016-02-09T11:06:18.219-06:00Beware the muse, right?
Poe's tales and poems...Beware the muse, right?<br /><br />Poe's tales and poems still hold up even so long after his tragic death (which might have been murder, did you know that?)<br /><br />Imagine what things murmur from Stephen King's muse? Brrr.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-72095681987729807072016-02-09T10:59:08.098-06:002016-02-09T10:59:08.098-06:00Helena, because you're a friend:
the opening ...Helena, because you're a friend:<br /><br />the opening paragraph of his famous story "The Cask of Amontillado":<br /><br /> The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled--but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.<br /><br />Spooky, right?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52685912083186783982016-02-09T10:54:26.992-06:002016-02-09T10:54:26.992-06:00I pray that the up's outnumber the down's....I pray that the up's outnumber the down's. Always your friend, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-16074811986566647352016-02-09T02:29:40.508-06:002016-02-09T02:29:40.508-06:00Wow, great post as usual! I love Poe's stories...Wow, great post as usual! I love Poe's stories and poems - they're so haunting.<br /><br />Many things inspire me, including travel, but the spookiest of all to me are the ideas that come out of the ether. Those freak me out a little.J.H. Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045467689291025137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-74754862070989001942016-02-09T02:13:29.353-06:002016-02-09T02:13:29.353-06:00Poe really did have a tragic life, didn't he? ...Poe really did have a tragic life, didn't he? TB was a terrible disease and very widespread--most people today have no idea how lucky we are with all the vaccines and treatments we have for diseases.<br /><br />I'm going to look up The Cask short story--thanks for the recommendation.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89633559170257310772016-02-09T00:24:55.248-06:002016-02-09T00:24:55.248-06:00Some up some down...Some up some down...D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51622947602549086672016-02-08T23:05:22.238-06:002016-02-08T23:05:22.238-06:00Louis L'Amour had the thought of how little Ma...Louis L'Amour had the thought of how little Man has recorded all through history -- and what we know as history is but scattered fragments of the whole. If we had the entire picture, our concept of past eras would be vastly different.<br /><br />He knew of journals detailing the countryside that Louis and Clark said they "discovered."<br /><br />Great explorers of the seas who knew navigation but not writing found new lands long before the Vikings. It is a thought to ponder as we write, right? :-)<br /><br />A Carington Event; a seismic catastrophe; a shifting in the Tetonic plates -- and our history would be wiped as if by an angry God, wanting to clean the chalkboard to start all over again.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and chatting awhile. How are things?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-83531156234276015632016-02-08T22:55:13.831-06:002016-02-08T22:55:13.831-06:00I'm inspired by the thought that each of us sh...I'm inspired by the thought that each of us should leave some record of our life, whether in writing, art, music or poetry. It may be of use to someone, sometime. If man hadn't recorded his thoughts and art for centuries, how would we know what came before?D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com