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    Evermore 2: Edgar Allan Poe Inspired Poetry: Evermore, #2
    Evermore 2: Edgar Allan Poe Inspired Poetry: Evermore, #2
    Evermore 2: Edgar Allan Poe Inspired Poetry: Evermore, #2
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    Evermore 2: Edgar Allan Poe Inspired Poetry: Evermore, #2

    By Ravens Quoth Press

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    Edgar Allan Poe inspired poetry from thirty-one international poets.

    Featuring:

    Bernardo Villela

    Alexander A. Manzoni

    Black Widow

    Carol Edwards

    Catherine A. MacKenzie

    Christopher T. George

    Courtney Glover

    David L. Repsher

    Josh Poole

    Joshua Gage

    Kimberly McAfee

    LaVern Spencer McCarthy 

    Lawrence Salani

    Leila Sandra M.

    Linda Sparks

    M. Lee Alexander

    Marianne Tefft

    Mark Andrew Heathcote

    Max Bindi

    Michael Pendragon

    Michelle Chermaine Ramos

    Miriam H. Monarres

    Paul W. Hunt

    Rhiannon Owens

    Ross Leishman

    Sharmon Gazaway

    Sheldon Woodbury

    Steven Fortune

    Trisha Leigh Shufelt

    William Connell

    Ximena Escobar

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRavens Quoth Press
    Release dateMar 12, 2023
    ISBN9798223985860
    Evermore 2: Edgar Allan Poe Inspired Poetry: Evermore, #2

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      Evermore 2 - Ravens Quoth Press

      Evermore Second Edition

      Copyright © 2023 The Ravens Quoth Press

      First published in Australia in March 2023 by The Ravens Quoth Press

      All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this production may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

      Cover design by Dawn Burdett

      Formatting by Kara Hawkers

      Editing by Kara Hawkers and E. Mery Blake

      Pensive Reflections

      Balm First Edition

      Balm Second Edition

      Dream First Edition

      Dream Second Edition

      Psythur First Edition

      Edgar Allan Poe-Inspired Collection

      Evermore First Edition

      Evermore Second Edition

      Evermore Third Edition

      Romance Collection

      Cherish First Edition

      Tempest First Edition

      Individual Collections

      Songs of the Underland & Other Macabre Machinations

      by Kurt Newton

      Don’t Cry on Cashmere by Brianna Malotke

      The World Eats Love by Carol Edwards

      Follow us at:

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      Contents

      M. LEE ALEXANDER

      Rook

      LINDA SPARKS

      Annabel

      Catacombs of Poe

      MARK ANDREW HEATHCOTE

      Enchantress of My Heart

      Heavens Torment

      carol edwards

      A Pastoral

      catherine a. mackENZIE

      Of the Night

      christopher t. george

      Edgar Allan Poe to His Late Wife

      david l. repsher

      The Trick

      JOSH POOLE

      The Spider’s Demise

      kimberly mcafee

      Jealousy and Annabel Lee

      lavern spencer mccarthy

      Slowly, Slowly

      JOSHUA GAGE

      The Woman of St. Dwynwen’s Stones

      ALEXANDER A. MANZONI

      Mr West’s Nightmare

      marianne tefft

      Going Down

      max bindi

      The Dark House

      miriam h. monarres

      A Melody of Dread

      sheldon woodbury

      Good-bye My Love

      steven fortune

      Bell-Strewn Bridge

      william j. connell

      Ulalume’s Laments (or Hey, Rowena)

      BERNARDO VILLELA

      Star-Litten Hours: A Poe Pastiche

      courtney glover

      Mary, Dear Sweet Mary

      Midnight Musings

      Esoteric Memories

      black widoW

      Death Day

      LAWRENCE SALANI

      A Vision

      Dark Hunger

      michelle chermaine ramos

      Harakiri

      Pluto Avenged

      The Inevitable

      paul w. hunt

      The Messenger

      The Winter Swarm

      In a Dark Wood

      RHIANNON OWENS

      Creeps

      Loch

      ross leishman

      Black on Black

      My Soundproof Soul

      The Tragedy of the Mirror

      sharmon GAZAWAY

      Holy Walk

      How to Create a Doomed House

      Merely This and Nothing More

      ximena escobar

      Fade to White

      Raven is the Colour of Your Soul

      trisha leigh shufelt

      Memento Mori

      The Visitor

      In Between

      leila sandra m.

      Rosemary

      michael pendragon

      Hell Rising

      THE RAVENS QUOTH PRESS

      The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?  

      —The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

      M. LEE ALEXANDER has published two chapbooks with Finishing Line Press, and a full-length collection, Spinning the Compass, with Aquillrelle Press, Belgium. Her work has been widely awarded, published, and anthologised. It's been performed internationally, sometimes with jazz accompaniment. She teaches creative writing at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

      Website: wm.edu/as/english/facultystaff/alexander_m

      Rook

      By M. Lee Alexander

      Last night I dreamt

      I kept you safe

      In towers round

      And turrets tall

      I calmly crossed

      The well-kept grounds

      By clipped-hedge maze

      And gardens rare

      O’er drawbridged moat

      To castle keep

      Then slowly climbed

      The twisting stair

      The stone cut wall

      The dust-filled air

      Lit only by the pale grey sky

      From tall and narrow windows

      Through which archers’

      Arrows hiss and fly

      And then I crossed

      The marbled floor

      The moonlit hall

      The panelled door

      And deep

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