My Obsession With Poe
I’ve had this curious obsession with Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Well, I’ve been a poetry fan since the age of 12 when I found that the lyrics could flow in your head like music dancing through your mind. And one day, I found Poe and everything made sense. He used his his pen with such knife-like precision, that to this day cuts into me. I often thought, if I could only be like Poe, if I could only take a walk in his mind. That was when I thought I would one day find myself a great writer, never thought popular or well-known but great. I even named my daughter after one of his well known poems.I woke early this morning, that’s usual even for a Saturday unfortunately, and immediately turned on the laptop to see what I missed in the couple of hours I slumbered but as I stood at the espresso machine waiting for my fuel, my antique poem books peculiarly caught my eye and I pulled them off the shelf. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that I did! It’s bringing peace into my life to sit here drinking coffee and reading my first crush’s writings. These antiques are so old I feel guilty every time I turn the pages but there is something about the old books that draws me and and keeps me stimulated. It’s good to read a book every now and then, those of us that live online are losing touch with this, well, at least I am.Though, if Poe had lived in this day, I’m sure he’s have been a blogger!
This one in particular is sticking to me today. It truly dances. I’m crushed
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To One in Paradise
Edgar Allan Poe
Thou wast all that to me, love,
For which my soul did pine-
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.
Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
“On! on!”- but o’er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast!
For, alas! alas! me
The light of Life is o’er!
“No more- no more- no more-”
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar!
And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams-
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.
Citysearch Integrates Facebook Connect and Enters Hyperlocal Review Race
Citysearch Integrates Facebook Connect and Enters Hyperlocal Review RacePosted using ShareThis
It’s about time!! That’s all I can think. CitySearch is my company’s, (Ask.com) sister via our parent IAC and though I am a loyal promoter of our products/sites, I’ve had a hard time using CitySearch and remained an ofter user of Yelp.com, This has given me a little bit of guilt, given that it’s an unavoidable relationship I share with them, walking through our IAC West Hollywood Corporate building.
I have to hand it them, this Facebook Connect…GENIUS! I, like most of us in the industry, am on Facebook consistently often. Now I will have to give this “connect” relationship a true dig. I couldn’t think of a smarter a thing for the CitySearch team to put into our tool boxes. Looking forward to full integration so I can use regularly.
