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"annabel" poems
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my ANNABEL LEE; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful ANNABEL LEE; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my ANNABEL LEE. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the side of the sea.
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Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my ANNABEL LEE; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful ANNABEL LEE; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my ANNABEL LEE. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the side of the sea.
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You should have been the soul that Edgar Allen Poe loved, So that he wouldn't have died miserable and alone, You are the Morticia to my Gomez; deadly in love, We would make a quirky Addams family, bar none, I love the nerds in us and the banter of annoyance, I love the moments of radiant love and our nature of being different, 'Cause we did meet exceptionally over persistence, And we accept each other regardless of difference, I wish that our love will remain eternal, Narrated by Obi-Wan, With a theme song by John Williams, Directed by Lucas, nah, we don't need direction, I do know, we need a Queen, and that's you my puddin'! Leia to my Solo, A Queen-B-lovin'-Quinn to my Joker, A die-hard Drake lover with a heart for the Dark Side, This Vader loves his Amidala, xoxoxo, We would revel on any side but the holy! May this love never fade, and be full of surprises, But not the kind where there is nasi lemak with no ikan bilis! But you make the best **** nasi lemak, sigh, I'm forever grateful for my Babloo I'm forever grateful that you're by my side, My Annabel Lee, I'm grateful Poe never met you, 'Cause you're all mine!
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Feb 13, 2017
Feb 13, 2017 at 9:35 PM UTC
Unconventional Love
It was only days ago In a time of a better me The strangers lived here, sometime ago They dwelled inside of me I was young, and lived rather grand In the skin that was me Oh what times we had, them and I, I and them I and the people inside of me With our thoughts ever conflicting, None were covetous of we Maybe it's been years, not days ago These people inside of me Had only first appeared Without my sanity So they bound me with ropes, Those people inside of me My own body and mind my sepulchre No longer are we who I used to be.
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 9:29 PM UTC
These People In Me (Parody of Annabel Lee)
Stella found a door in the new house Hidden under the stairs from the adults A door with a size so small for a crawl At twelve midnight, She was attracted to it Drawn by the bright lights That shone from within. In she went, despite just being six Into the cold narrow corridor She found a lonely doll With cheeks so rosy And laughing eyes so blue Out with it she crawled To bond with her new best friend. From that day, Mum had nightmares And dad became prone to accidents Elder sister almost drowned in the tub And her brother fell from the tree house But all the doll did was laugh and laugh. A laughter she alone could hear She was scared and slept with it no more One day, while she was away in school Doll springs out of her room Frightens mum who rolled down the stairs and broke her neck. Elder sister was choked by her own necklace Little brother gouged his eyes out Dad set himself and the house ablaze. And when Aunt came to take her away Not a second glance did she spare the hateful laughing doll. Thirty five years later, in her new home Her daughter, Annabel came running into the room with a happy scream With the doll held up in her hands. "Look what I found! I'll call her Annie!" Taken aback, eyes wide with shock Those mockiing blue eyes holding hers Stella clasped the sides of her head And screamed as the doll began to laugh again! A laughter only she could always hear. The doll was back! To take her beloved family away Again!
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Mar 14, 2017
Mar 14, 2017 at 1:43 AM UTC
That Doll
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. ~Edgar Allan Poe
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Jul 30, 2012
Jul 30, 2012 at 11:31 AM UTC
Annabel Lee, By Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. ~Edgar Allan Poe
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I fall in love At the press of a button. It rips through me In a way that would make Robert Smith Outrageously envious. You are some kind of Annabel Lee In the best and Worst way. Life isn’t perfect until I hear You. I drown in the happiest oceans And need no one to Save me. It’s the best. It’s the best when you Blow me a kiss. It’s the best.
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Jul 30, 2012
Jul 30, 2012 at 1:07 AM UTC
Admirably Affectionate
- Hi, I'm calling to tell you that: I wrote down everything you ever said to me (in the literal sense, standing stretched against my own uncultured and violently ****** vocabulary) - And am regurgitating it back to innocent passerby - my sincerest apologies to those poor victims of circumstance, suspended in the projectile ***** of my dysfunctional disdain (In a slew of worm guts and warm bodies, mama-bird to baby-bird saying "please don't leave the nest" - it's too hot for blankets anyways) My original letter to you was written on the backside of an airplane **** bag, where I detailed my favorite scenes from a movie we subconsciously made entitled "Baby's First Time", while blissfully unaware of my stern faced in-flight companion. My first draft, though, was a series of half-hearted winks and very, very drunk texts, beginning with:           SEXT: I offer my services as sacrificial ****** (and followed a whopping six months later by)           SEXT: I am still young enough to accuse you of statutory **** (The art of seduction seems to be less of an art and more of a particular science) You are: - My own personal Edgar Allan Poe, just blonder and younger, with a bigger gut and a bigger ego and (alas!) a complete lack of interest in your sweet Annabel (but I could change my name) - And oddly enough, I'm the one writing the poems here (The whole world's a stage, with me just watching your sad indie boy band from the nosebleed seats)
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Sep 10, 2013
Sep 10, 2013 at 12:56 AM UTC
Several Showers Later
there is a word used for us, a phrase for our situation. ****** was i your annabel, humbert? your first, in preparation of your very own lo, your dolly, your lover? did you care for me, really? (of course not. you were fourteen. i was six.) did you understand what you were doing? (no, that's preposterous. you were a young teen, an adolescent, with hormones. i was the smiling, unsuspecting object of your clumsy, confused affections.) do you care about me now? (nope, wrong again. you have moved on, after so many years. i no longer know you, your face, your name.) did you ever spare a second thought to the bright young child you corrupted so early on in both your lives as you grew? did you dwell on thoughts of her late into the night, contemplating her fate? do you know me? would you recognize me, if we passed on the street this very day? would i be easily picked out in a group of girls all my age and complexion, plainly marked by the ever-darkening stain you left on my soul, my mind, my body so many years ago? i have forgotten you, your face, your name, yet you haunt me with re-emerging flickers, flashes of memory forgotten to have ever existed. for so long, you have stayed hidden, shrouded in the fogs of distant, intentionally buried images. but now you're struggling, humbert, fighting your way to the surface, messing with my mind, my entire sense of who i am, altering my perception of the accepted and the tolerated. perverts beget perverts, so they say. and i, better than any other, know that you are, indeed, a pervert. so what, dear humbert, will      that           make                 me?
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Jun 1, 2010
Jun 1, 2010 at 12:52 PM UTC
lolita's precursor
there is a word used for us, a phrase for our situation. ****** was i your annabel, humbert? your first, in preparation of your very own lo, your dolly, your lover? did you care for me, really? (of course not. you were fourteen. i was six.) did you understand what you were doing? (no, that's preposterous. you were a young teen, an adolescent, with hormones. i was the smiling, unsuspecting object of your clumsy, confused affections.) do you care about me now? (nope, wrong again. you have moved on, after so many years. i no longer know you, your face, your name.) did you ever spare a second thought to the bright young child you corrupted so early on in both your lives as you grew? did you dwell on thoughts of her late into the night, contemplating her fate? do you know me? would you recognize me, if we passed on the street this very day? would i be easily picked out in a group of girls all my age and complexion, plainly marked by the ever-darkening stain you left on my soul, my mind, my body so many years ago? i have forgotten you, your face, your name, yet you haunt me with re-emerging flickers, flashes of memory forgotten to have ever existed. for so long, you have stayed hidden, shrouded in the fogs of distant, intentionally buried images. but now you're struggling, humbert, fighting your way to the surface, messing with my mind, my entire sense of who i am, altering my perception of the accepted and the tolerated. perverts beget perverts, so they say. and i, better than any other, know that you are, indeed, a pervert. so what, dear humbert, will      that           make                 me?
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You have said As a Phenomenal Woman That Still I Rise, and so you must to travel The Road Not Taken. But If You Forget Me In your Dreams, Dearest Annabel Lee, I will sing like the Caged Bird. If, When Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, You should find yourself in A Dream Within a Dream, Then deny, for I Don't Love You Because I Love You; I love you more As I Grow Older. I will pass through this life, Do Not Stand by My Grave and Weep, You are not Alone. You too Will Not Go Gently Into That Good Night; For I Don't Go Far Off. This is the promise: Hope is the Thing With Feathers, or it can be A Poison Tree, Casting venom on Daffodils, Making All the World a Stage, And I, An understudy in the wings.
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Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015 at 10:50 AM UTC
Phenomenal Poems
/// our mind can feel everything if we can feel the beauty of roses once it can make some meaningful words, even can create a few metaphors of a poem we write all through our life it can be grown as words of war even can be born as a piece of peace or can be grown both, war and peace it can be made a pain or gain or it can be seemed as a stream, that can be bought a grain of sand Even it can earn both, the pain and the gain life can make a song it can be a song of joy sometimes it may be a coy even it can make a rhythmic tone that can't always be a romantic tune as the river is not always plays a full of chimes life can be found love or can be gathered loss or it can be earned both love or loss as the poem " Annabel Lee" that gifts us a pang of pain life can be moved long like a novel as Tolstoy's war and peace even life can be too short, tragic as the life of a poet, like Sukanta, Keats and Poe life looks like a novel it's growing as well with both lost and found of so many stir of dreams our mind is an endless paper feelings are as ink times are as the pen everybody is the novelist begins writing since he's born and finishes before his death though someone exceeds beyond the death wise men told life is a learning life is a continuous earning of wisdom that can be repair our kingdom /// @ Musfiq us shaleheen
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Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014 at 11:52 PM UTC
life can be
On that lovely day, I tiptoed into a cobbled courtyard of death The air was fresh and heavy with scents of hog-tied fear My darling friends struggled to get free: Mary, Susan, and dear Annabel Lee Among the tombstones I strode and, past the drear, wasted lives were what I saw so clear Suddenly, putrid hands reached from beneath and began to sporadically spasm They gripped my sweet friends by the neck, dragging them into an unearthly phantasm On that lovely day, I tiptoed back from a cobbled courtyard of death For my pretty little friends had just surrendered their last mortal breath
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 7:53 PM UTC
Cemetery Sweethearts
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;-- And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-- I and my Annabel Lee-- With a love that the wingèd seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wing blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her high-born kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulcher In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me:-- Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud, by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we-- Of many far wiser than we-- And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling,--my darling,--my life and my bride, In the sepulcher there by the sea-- In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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Dec 28, 2009
Dec 28, 2009 at 8:10 AM UTC
ANNABEL LEE - Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;-- And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-- I and my Annabel Lee-- With a love that the wingèd seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wing blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her high-born kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulcher In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me:-- Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud, by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we-- Of many far wiser than we-- And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling,--my darling,--my life and my bride, In the sepulcher there by the sea-- In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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Oh Pöe! oh Pöe! oh Pöe! Genio del signo fatídico! Alma que en mí domina! Faro de luces negras...!: Acógeme en tu lóbrego retiro de silencio. Acógeme en tu místico retiro de pavura... Y en el retiro cándido de tus amores puros! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Faro de luces negras...! Alma que en mí domina...! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, de sombras llenas! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, donde Ulalume regó sobre tu alma su fragante perfume... Condúceme a tu reino, a ese reino lejano donde nació Annabel, envidia de los ángeles! Donde se ve su tumba cerca del mar sereno, bajo del cielo torvo donde tu estrella arde! Llévame a ver el cuervo. Llévame a ver el cuervo cogitabundo y hosco Llévame a ver el cuervo -sobre el busto de Palas- que en su trágico orgullo te azotó con sus alas! Llévame a ver el cuervo, cogitabundo y fosco, llévame a ver el cuervo...: ese cuervo fatídico -alma que en mí domina!- -faro de luces negras!- ese cuervo es mi signo, y a sus influjos pávidos obedecen mis flierzas, de horror y sombra llenas! Llévame a ver el cuervo, que en un país lejano, -en el país quimérico de demonios y ángeles- sobre el marmóreo busto, cogitabundo y torvo, sarcástico y sereno, mira, impávido y sordo, el dolor que en tí arde... Transpórtame a las tierras de Eulalia y de Ligeïa! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, donde Ulalume regó sobre tu alma su fragante perfume...! Acógeme en tu lóbrego retiro de silencio... Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! faro de luces negras! Acógeme en tu místico retiro de pavura... Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Genio del signo fatídico...! Y en el retiro cándido de tus amores puros! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! alma que en mí domina! Llévame a ver el cuervo cogitabundo y torvo! Llévame a ver el cuervo -sobre el busto de Palas­- que en su trágico orgullo te azotó con sus alas!
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Plegaria a poe
Oh Pöe! oh Pöe! oh Pöe! Genio del signo fatídico! Alma que en mí domina! Faro de luces negras...!: Acógeme en tu lóbrego retiro de silencio. Acógeme en tu místico retiro de pavura... Y en el retiro cándido de tus amores puros! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Faro de luces negras...! Alma que en mí domina...! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, de sombras llenas! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, donde Ulalume regó sobre tu alma su fragante perfume... Condúceme a tu reino, a ese reino lejano donde nació Annabel, envidia de los ángeles! Donde se ve su tumba cerca del mar sereno, bajo del cielo torvo donde tu estrella arde! Llévame a ver el cuervo. Llévame a ver el cuervo cogitabundo y hosco Llévame a ver el cuervo -sobre el busto de Palas- que en su trágico orgullo te azotó con sus alas! Llévame a ver el cuervo, cogitabundo y fosco, llévame a ver el cuervo...: ese cuervo fatídico -alma que en mí domina!- -faro de luces negras!- ese cuervo es mi signo, y a sus influjos pávidos obedecen mis flierzas, de horror y sombra llenas! Llévame a ver el cuervo, que en un país lejano, -en el país quimérico de demonios y ángeles- sobre el marmóreo busto, cogitabundo y torvo, sarcástico y sereno, mira, impávido y sordo, el dolor que en tí arde... Transpórtame a las tierras de Eulalia y de Ligeïa! Transpórtame a las tierras de Weir, donde Ulalume regó sobre tu alma su fragante perfume...! Acógeme en tu lóbrego retiro de silencio... Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! faro de luces negras! Acógeme en tu místico retiro de pavura... Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Genio del signo fatídico...! Y en el retiro cándido de tus amores puros! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! Oh Pöe! alma que en mí domina! Llévame a ver el cuervo cogitabundo y torvo! Llévame a ver el cuervo -sobre el busto de Palas­- que en su trágico orgullo te azotó con sus alas!
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She is captivating: She is my pet, She is my fire, My little nymphet. Annabel, dearest, of sea-word waves, Of sandcastles torn down by hungry waters. Even now, the scepter of my passion Stands at attention with memory. As Humbert ages, his desire stays Grown ladies don’t suffice. As he dreams of Annabel in sea-word waves, Nymphets become his vice. But I am no liar--I am no ****** Ladies and gentleman of the jury, be calm. And recognize that Humbert’s eyes See your every qualm. Nevertheless, she is captivating: She is my pet She is my fire My little nymphet.
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Feb 11, 2015
Feb 11, 2015 at 6:52 PM UTC
"Light of My Life, Fire of My *****
Annabel wore white as she laid under a Willow She brought her brown basket and a comfortable red pillow She laid in the shade, writing and reminiscing. Bringing forth a smile for the one she was missing. Her days had been growing longer and she knew wasn't fearless. Sitting under their Willow writing to her dearest She wrote about his charm She wrote about his smile She wrote about his laugh She wrote about his style She wrote until the Sun turned off the day She wrote from her heart and all it couldn't say Annabel finally stood, picked up her basket and started walking home. Leaving all her notes and poems, upon his gravestone.
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Jan 17, 2016
Jan 17, 2016 at 1:35 PM UTC
Annabel
hey so I make videos, and look, you all are smart people so who else should try and make a video for this and maybe win $1500! so I am going to do it, you should to, and if you're a finalist you get 200$ they care more bout the audio. visual is not as important, but I feel all poets should be available to this challenge! again AUDIO IS KEY! read the rules! I am planning on entering so even if you're not going to enter, please comment and give me some ideas bc I got equipment (cameras, mics, video crap) and days to film, and it's a class project/ final for me, and I GOT TO PICK IT, I sometimes like my film class ** but link below! https://www.projected.com/contests/77-a-song-for-annabel-lee
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 10:40 PM UTC
IMPORTANT TO ANY POE FANS WHO LOVE THE POEM ANNABEL LEE
A swan splits the stillness of the old mill pond in the long low light of morning White frost has settled on the bank behind and on a figure who is sitting head held in his hands He looks at the moon as it fades away from silver into nothing His breath hangs like mist around his old grey head and his cloudy eyes aren't blinking And he can't recall how he got here or the world he left behind and his tracks in the grass they are fading fast from the ground and from his mind His feet are in slippers and an old bath-robe is hanging round his shoulders His cheeks they are flushed as if he's safe and warm though he couldn't be much colder fading away He may look foolish but he is no fool for coming here today For the cold grey bank becomes a time-machine and the years just fall away fall away *Annabel, the sun shines just for you This moment here will make the year come true And I can't believe my eyes when you turn to me and smile you take my breath away, that's what you do In this gold, this gold this golden afternoon Now you strip and slip through the ripples of the old mill pond And you laugh at the fact of the scandal in the town beyond But if they could only see the way you laugh and look at me today They'd be caught in the moment like you'd waved a magic wand Oh Annabel my love* His son and his daughter are the first to hear and they think it is a kindness Long gone was the father they had known and loved and this living loss they'd witnessed Now they can rest The men from the council say the pond must go and they fill it in that winter But ears to the ground you can still hear the sound of a young man and his lover as they laugh and swim together in the golden summer weather the way they will stay forever.
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 10:47 AM UTC
Annabel (lyric)
A swan splits the stillness of the old mill pond in the long low light of morning White frost has settled on the bank behind and on a figure who is sitting head held in his hands He looks at the moon as it fades away from silver into nothing His breath hangs like mist around his old grey head and his cloudy eyes aren't blinking And he can't recall how he got here or the world he left behind and his tracks in the grass they are fading fast from the ground and from his mind His feet are in slippers and an old bath-robe is hanging round his shoulders His cheeks they are flushed as if he's safe and warm though he couldn't be much colder fading away He may look foolish but he is no fool for coming here today For the cold grey bank becomes a time-machine and the years just fall away fall away *Annabel, the sun shines just for you This moment here will make the year come true And I can't believe my eyes when you turn to me and smile you take my breath away, that's what you do In this gold, this gold this golden afternoon Now you strip and slip through the ripples of the old mill pond And you laugh at the fact of the scandal in the town beyond But if they could only see the way you laugh and look at me today They'd be caught in the moment like you'd waved a magic wand Oh Annabel my love* His son and his daughter are the first to hear and they think it is a kindness Long gone was the father they had known and loved and this living loss they'd witnessed Now they can rest The men from the council say the pond must go and they fill it in that winter But ears to the ground you can still hear the sound of a young man and his lover as they laugh and swim together in the golden summer weather the way they will stay forever.
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A poet upon his or her death " Does Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", for they have something to share with future generations through their poetry. Robert Frost "When faced with two roads diverged in a yellow wood he took the one less traveled by and that made all the difference." Was William Blake laid to rest under A Poison Tree? Or was he saying that we are like poison to our enemies? One beauty concerning poetry is that it can be left up to the interpretation of the reader. Even if it was written to mean one thing the readers can discover several possible meanings to the poem like discovering jewels each time it is read. Perhaps lets for fun imagine" The Raven", giving the eulogy for Edgar Allan Poe, and talking about his life and the loves that inspired his poetry especially Poe's beloved" Annabel Lee" and "Lenore. "The Raven" proceeded to close his eulogy with the words " Nevermore". Maybe when it was time for William Shakespeare to be laid to rest while dressed up in his Sunday best. His poem " Fear No More" could have been read leaving not one dry eye as many fans cried for a great poet and playwright had died. A big comfort to his fans is that his work is forevermore immortalized in print for future generations to enjoy. As Dylan Thomas best stated " And Death Shall Have No Dominion" because the poets words still live on in print to be read and enjoyed and discovered by many generations to come. The poems that a poet writes are there legacy that they leave for future generations.
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 1:00 PM UTC
In Memoriam (Classic Poets)
A poet upon his or her death " Does Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", for they have something to share with future generations through their poetry. Robert Frost "When faced with two roads diverged in a yellow wood he took the one less traveled by and that made all the difference." Was William Blake laid to rest under A Poison Tree? Or was he saying that we are like poison to our enemies? One beauty concerning poetry is that it can be left up to the interpretation of the reader. Even if it was written to mean one thing the readers can discover several possible meanings to the poem like discovering jewels each time it is read. Perhaps lets for fun imagine" The Raven", giving the eulogy for Edgar Allan Poe, and talking about his life and the loves that inspired his poetry especially Poe's beloved" Annabel Lee" and "Lenore. "The Raven" proceeded to close his eulogy with the words " Nevermore". Maybe when it was time for William Shakespeare to be laid to rest while dressed up in his Sunday best. His poem " Fear No More" could have been read leaving not one dry eye as many fans cried for a great poet and playwright had died. A big comfort to his fans is that his work is forevermore immortalized in print for future generations to enjoy. As Dylan Thomas best stated " And Death Shall Have No Dominion" because the poets words still live on in print to be read and enjoyed and discovered by many generations to come. The poems that a poet writes are there legacy that they leave for future generations.
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It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 2:33 AM UTC
Annabelle Lee
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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I now sit here with the darkest poet, from long ago, his sad story is similar to me. Hidden as Quarles, though him you may know as the one who loved Annabel Lee. The difference, his love, loved with no other thought than to love and be loved by he. We met young, though I was not a child, In our kingdom by the sea. Our love was a love that was stranger than love, I and the new Annabel Lee. What is the will of the winged seraphs of heaven? Do they condone or condemn her and me? What is the reason that long ago, in the kingdom by the sea. That over us came a dark cloud, chilling my beautiful new Annabel Lee. Her icy veins now run deep, and have taken her away from me. An easier fate be served in a tomb, residing where the winter tides return from the sea. Were the dancing angels of heaven envying her and me? This must be the reason we part! I  know, as I have been where the winter tides return from the sea. My love's end differs from Poe, but surely I know What its like to lose Annabel Lee. Although your love was stronger by far than the love of those far older than thee, and those far wiser than we, My lost love can't be blamed upon the angels in heaven, nor the demons down under the sea. My soul shall dissever from her soul forever, and I have no one to blame but me. Yet the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful new Annabel Lee. And still the stars never rise, without me seeing the eyes of my darling, that hates me, and abreast I shall ne'er abide. I shall be the one consumed by the winter tides returning to the sea. Stuck in the tomb that shall never be.
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Jan 1, 2013
Jan 1, 2013 at 10:55 PM UTC
The Tomb that Shall Never Be
I now sit here with the darkest poet, from long ago, his sad story is similar to me. Hidden as Quarles, though him you may know as the one who loved Annabel Lee. The difference, his love, loved with no other thought than to love and be loved by he. We met young, though I was not a child, In our kingdom by the sea. Our love was a love that was stranger than love, I and the new Annabel Lee. What is the will of the winged seraphs of heaven? Do they condone or condemn her and me? What is the reason that long ago, in the kingdom by the sea. That over us came a dark cloud, chilling my beautiful new Annabel Lee. Her icy veins now run deep, and have taken her away from me. An easier fate be served in a tomb, residing where the winter tides return from the sea. Were the dancing angels of heaven envying her and me? This must be the reason we part! I  know, as I have been where the winter tides return from the sea. My love's end differs from Poe, but surely I know What its like to lose Annabel Lee. Although your love was stronger by far than the love of those far older than thee, and those far wiser than we, My lost love can't be blamed upon the angels in heaven, nor the demons down under the sea. My soul shall dissever from her soul forever, and I have no one to blame but me. Yet the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful new Annabel Lee. And still the stars never rise, without me seeing the eyes of my darling, that hates me, and abreast I shall ne'er abide. I shall be the one consumed by the winter tides returning to the sea. Stuck in the tomb that shall never be.
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It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Edgar Allan Poe
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Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013 at 10:08 AM UTC
Annabel Lee By: Edgar Allen Poe
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Edgar Allan Poe
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My Sister Annabel wore a button hole Anemone, reflecting a broken heart Sometimes trellises harness country abounds where the Land owner promises wealth and company and instead finds himself a scullery maid where the Mastiffs in another life may have been the commonable.
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Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 5:22 PM UTC
My Sister may have been
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea,
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Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 10:32 PM UTC
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe