Thoughts for Thursday

Are you a fan of poetry? What's your favorite poem?

I'm not a huge poetry fan, but I do remember reading a lot of Edgar Allan Poe's poems during high school and college. The one that stands out the most is "The Raven." It's about a man that talks to a bird (the raven) about the loss of his love, Lenore. Sound weird? Here's the beginning:

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 visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more."

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