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Friday, January 8, 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. POE!

I have not forgotten Edgar Allan Poe by any means, but have chosen to revisit the Quoth the Raven blog this month to honor his birthday. January 19th, to be exact.  Poe lived from 1809 until late 1849, making him 40 years of age when he died, definitely premature by today's standards.

In Poe's short story The Domain of Arnheim he writes of happiness, something that seemed to have eluded him almost his entire life:
In the present darkness and madness of all thought on the great question of the social condition, it is not impossible that man, the individual, under certain unusual and highly fortuitous conditions, may be happy.
It seems rather obvious to me that Poe did not have a "happy" life, but, hopefully, he will have a posthumous happy birthday this year!



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9 comments:

  1. Love this Kay, I'm sure EAP is sharing this with all his friends!

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  2. Ooooh - that is super cool Kay - love it :-D
    Thank you for playing at QTR :-D

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    IKE x
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  3. What a gorgeous card, Kay !
    Corrie x

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  4. Wonderful card Kay. Belated birthday wishes to you and Mr Poe! xxx

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  5. Lovely to see you playing with Mr Poe again. Love the colour graduation on the background of this card.

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  6. Oh wow! love this Kay. Thanks for joining us at Quote The Raven..Poe...belated Birthday joy to you and Poe .

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  7. Better late than never! Love this card, great colors. I'm sure he would've loved it!

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  8. Wonderful Birthday card Kay.... hope to see you back on the DT at QTR very soon. love xxx

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  9. What a great Poe card :D Thank you for playing along with us this month xx

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