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	Poe Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A group of reporters and Poe enthusiasts are usually on hand to observe the event, and for the most part none have attempted to interfere with the Toaster's entry, tribute or departure.
		In 1999, a note was left stating that the original Toaster had passed away; subsequent witnesses to the tradition have noted the current Toaster to be an apparently younger individual.
		Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, was present (as he has been at every appearance of the Poe Toaster since 1976), and was quoted in press reports expressing his disappointment that the solemn occasion had thus been disrupted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poe_Toaster (570 words)

	Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poe died at the age of 40, the cause of his death a final mystery, although it is well-known that he had serious drug and alcohol problems.
		Poe associated the aesthetic aspect of art with pure ideality, claiming that the mood or sentiment created by a work of art elevates the soul, and is thus a spiritual experience.
		Poe himself was critical of democracy and capitalism (in his story "Mellonta Tauta," Poe proclaims that "democracy is a very admirable form of government—for dogs" [9]), and the tragic poverty and misery of Poe's biography seemed, to Baudelaire, to be the ultimate example of how the bourgeoisie destroys genius and originality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe (5557 words)

	Death in Baltimore
		Rumors concerning the state of the grave circulated, until Poe's aunt and mother-in-law heard of the cluttered state that it was in, and requested that a cousin order a proper headstone for her beloved nephew.
		Poe was known to have been buried at the left of his grandfather, but there was little certainty as to where he lay in 1875.
		Poe is caught up in a true tale that is worthy of his own pen, lying eternally shrouded in mystery in the city where he only meant to spend a few days.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/10-16-97/Features/2.html (1058 words)

	BEYOND THE GRAVE Book Excerpt
		It is called the Old Western Burial Ground and it holds the remains of people like Edgar Allan Poe, the son of Francis Scott Key, the grandfather of President James Buchanan, five former mayors of Baltimore and fifteen generals from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
		For Poe’s death to have come in Baltimore is strangely ironic as it was here in 1829 that he struggled to begin his writing career.
		Poe’s years in Baltimore were a time of poverty and debt and marked him for life.
	www.prairieghosts.com /eapoe.html (1908 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Edgar Allan Poe \| Baltimore mysterious toaster Raven tell-tale heart ...
		Summoning one of Poe’s relatives, Dr. Snodgrass took the now unconscious and dying poet to the Washington Hospital where he was put into the care of Dr JJ Moran, the resident physician.
		It has been suggested that the roses represent Poe himself and the two women who were most important to the poet during his troubled life: his mother, and his wife, both of whom are in repose in the same cemetery.
		In 2001 the ‘Poe Toaster’, as he is known, left a note that indicated he was a football fan as well as a Poe aficionado.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /edgar_allen_poe.html (2229 words)

	Tale of the Poe Toaster
		Poe's grave is located in the 200 year-old Old Western Burying Ground cemetery on the corner of Fayette and Greene streets in Baltimore, Maryland, not far from the house where Poe once lived and wrote.
		The true meaning of the Poe Toaster's ritual and exactly what message is implied by the items left behind remains unexplained: the meaning of the French cognac is not completely clear as references to cognac did not appear as a prominent feature in Poe's works.
		The Poe Toaster is described by witnesses as a somewhat sinister-appearing person dressed completely in fl, sporting a fl fedora and a fl (or white) scarf, wrapped in such a manner as to hide his face, and carrying a walking stick.
	labyrinth13.com /Poe_Toaster.htm (1010 words)

	E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
		The remains of Virginia Poe, buried in 1847 in New York, were brought to Baltimore and added to those of Poe and Maria Clemm in 1885.
		The identity of the stranger, referred to affectionately as the Poe Toaster, is unknown.
		Westminster Hall and Poe's grave are in the southeast corner of Fayette and Greene Streets.
	www.eapoe.org /balt/poegrave.htm (1402 words)

	Egar Allan Poe: Baltimore's own man of mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poe was orphaned before he turned three and moved to Richmond, Virginia to live with foster parents.
		On the night of October 3rd, 1849, Poe was found on a street in Baltimore in a state of stupor, and was taken to Washington College Hospital.
		Poe’s small house at 203 Amity Street, saved from destruction by the E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore, displays some of his possessions including a telescope, sexton and lap desk he used at the university.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/10-29-98/Focus/2.html (776 words)

	Elementary Deductions
		A devoted adherent to the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes, the great consulting detective, Sherman believes he's solved the mystery of the "Poe Toaster," the mysterious midnight visitor who appears at the tomb on Poe's Jan. 19 birthday, toasts the poet with cognac, leaves the bottle and three roses, then disappears.
		But he adamantly refuses to disclose the identity of the person that he's deduced is the Toaster until he delivers his report to the Six Napoleons of Baltimore on Saturday, when they meet for their 25th anniversary of talks devoted to Holmes at the Enoch Pratt Central Library.
		Sherman pokes around among the mossy tombs of the burying ground, "where Baltimore's history rests in peace." The cemetery is full of heroes of the Revolution and the War of 1812, not to mention the odd mayor of Baltimore.
	www.fastol.com /~renkwitz/elementary_deductions.htm (1000 words)

	'Toaster' rejects French cognac at Poe's grave - The Washington Times: Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nobody knows the identity of the "Poe Toaster." The visit was first documented in 1949, almost a century and a half after Poe's death in 1809.
		Poe is best-known for poems such as "The Raven" and horror stories "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Fall of the House of Usher."
		Poe was raised in Richmond and attended the University of Virginia.
	washingtontimes.com /metro/20040119-100633-6879r.htm (743 words)

	The Poe Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The mystery of the Poe Toaster has endured for over a half century, in spite of the fact that this annual event has begun to attract crowds of people wishing to relish a mystery Poe would have been proud to have penned.
		We discover new things about Poe's writing all the time, and just as his writing is often about mystery and death, so went his own life and death.
		Clarke's illustrations for Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination are among some of the best examples of illustration as an art.
	www.jeffcrooke.com /lit/litpoe.html (279 words)

	Edgar Allan Poe Gravesite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some have questioned, because he was originally buried in an unmarked grave, if the body that was moved beneath the current headstone is actually Poe's (since the records of his original burial are unclear).
		Beginning in 1949, the 100th anniversary of Poe's death, and continuing every year since, an unknown person, known as the "Poe Toaster" has placed a half-full bottle of French cognac and three roses on his grave to commemorate his birthday on January 19.
		However, in 1993, along with the cognac and roses, he left a note stating, "The torch will be passed." In 1998, a note indicated that the original Poe Toaster had passed away but handed the tradition down to his sons.
	www.thecemeteryproject.com /Graves/poe-edgar-allan.htm (278 words)

	ABC2 NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But this year, the curator of Baltimore's Poe House and Museum, Jeff Jerome, was saddened by disrespectful spectators.
		The visitor managed to come and go without anyone stopping him, but because of the disruption Jerome isn't giving details of what the mystery man was wearing, what he did at Poe's grave, and whether he left anything besides the roses and cognac, such as a note.
		Poe, who wrote poems and horror stories such as "The Raven" and "The Telltale Heart," died in 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 after collapsing in a tavern.
	www.abc2news.com /news/new-site/06-01-19-poe-visitor.shtml (186 words)

	Aspirennies.com, Poets, poetry, romance, love poems, romantic poetry, love quotes, erotic poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The man made no gestures, other than the secret signal he sends Jerome to show he is the genuine Poe Toaster, as he laid the tribute.
		The three roses represent Poe, his wife and his Aunt Maria Clemm, who are buried beneath the newer monument.
		Poe was born in Boston and raised in Richmond, Va. But Baltimore, where he lived for several years during the 1830s, has adopted him as one of its own.
	aspirennies.com /private/SiteBody/Romance/Poetry/Poe/birthday1poe.shtml (413 words)

	E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
		According to Amelia Poe, in a 1910 letter to John H. Ingram, Henry Clemm died young and unmarried.) Maria Clemm rented the house primarily with money from her mother's government pension, awarded in recognition of Major David Poe, Sr.'s prominent service during the Revolutionary War.
		(David Poe was the Quartermaster General for the city of Baltimore.) Edgar A. Poe left this house in August or September of 1835, moving to Richmond, Virginia to edit the Southern Literary Messenger.
		Toaster" and a contemporary reprint of Griswold's infamous obituary of Poe, here from the October 24, 1849 edition of the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper).
	www.eapoe.org /balt/poehse.htm (1291 words)

	Letter from Laura -- LauraLippman.com
		Poe is probably an inevitable subject for a Baltimore writer.
		Poe is buried in Baltimore, where he died in 1849 under -- of course -- mysterious circumstances.
		Every January 19th, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a loyal clique waits in the small hours for the "Visitor," also known as the "Poe Toaster," to approach Poe's tomb.
	www.lauralippman.com /septletter.html (938 words)

	USATODAY.com - Visitor leaves quite a different toast to Poe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For 56 years, someone has marked the writer's birthday by slinking through the night into the small cemetery where Poe is buried to place French cognac and three roses on his grave.
		Poe was born in Boston and raised in Richmond, Va. But Baltimore, where he lived for several years during the 1830s and where he died after collapsing, delirious, in a tavern, has adopted him as one of its own.
		The visitor's three roses are thought to honor Poe, his mother-in-law Maria Clemm, and his wife Virginia, all of whom are buried in the graveyard.
	www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2004-01-20-cognac-poe_x.htm (677 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicknamed the "Poe Toaster," the identity of this personage is unknown.
		Since 1976, the Poe Toaster, traditionally wearing a white scarf and fl hat, has entered the locked graveyard in the dark of night to honour the memory of the great fiction writer.
		The roses are believed to commemorate the deaths of Poe, his mother-in-law, and his wife, but what the cognac represents remains a secret.
	members.shaw.ca /thecardinalscene/global2.htm (557 words)

	CNEWS - Weird News: Fan marks Poe’s birthday
		No one, not even Jerome, knows the identity of the so-called “Poe Toaster.” The visit was first documented in 1949, a century after Poe’s death.
		The visitor’s three roses are believed to honor Poe, his mother-in-law and his wife, all of whom are buried in the graveyard.
		Poe, who wrote poems and horror stories such as “The Raven“ and “The Telltale Heart,” died Oct. 7, 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 after collapsing in a tavern.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/01/19/903443.html (579 words)

	CNN.com - 'Poe Toaster' may have referred to anti-war French - Jan. 19, 2004
		It was nearly "nevermore" for French cognac Monday in an annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
		Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, has watched the cemetery every January 19 since 1976.
		No one knows the identity of the so-called "Poe Toaster." The visit was first documented in 1949, a century after Poe's death at age 40.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/South/01/19/poe.visitor.ap (500 words)

	MPT: Knowing Poe: The Poe Library: News: The Poe Toaster
		Over time, he has simply become known as "the Poe Toaster," a reference to the toast (of cognac) that he seems to be offering Poe.
		Jeff Jerome, curator of the Baltimore Poe House and Museum, seems to be the most closely acquainted with the Poe Toaster.
		Jerome and a small group of Poe aficionados have kept a vigil on January 19, watching from inside the church for the Toaster to appear.
	knowingpoe.thinkport.org /library/news/toaster.asp (473 words)

	Miserable Prick - Not always Politically or Grammatically Correct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is the famous "Poe Toaster"- a mysterious figure who pays an annual tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.
		The current "Poe Toaster", who took over the job in 1999, is a fraud.
		For decades, the "Poe Toaster's" activities were left unaccosted out of respect for the memory of Poe.
	www.miserableprick.com (477 words)

	MPT: Knowing Poe: The Poe Library
		Poe's tales are no longer live just on the pages of some old books.
		Poe's image and words live on today in many ways you might not have even imagined.
		Every year on the anniversary of Poe's birthday, a mysterious man visits Poe's grave, leaving three roses and a half-full bottle of cognac as a tribute.
	knowingpoe.thinkport.org /library (214 words)

	Jaded Writings: Where the Crosses Are All in a Row
		The identity of the "Poe Toaster" remains an enigma.
		However, in 1993, he left a note that said: "The torch will be passed." Another missive was found on the grave in 1998 that indicated the original lamenter had died, but had bequeathed the mourning rite to his sons.
		Rufus Wilmot Griswold, an author and editor who hated Poe for writing a negative review of his work, anonymously published a scandalous obituary that ran in the local newspaper.
	www.jadedwritings.com /columns/archives/000943.html (632 words)

	TheTrenchcoat Chronicles » » Last of the Poe Toaster? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some of the 25 spectators drawn to a tiny, locked graveyard in downtown Baltimore for the ceremony climbed over the walls of the site and were “running all over the place trying to find out how the guy gets in,” according to Jeff Jerome, the most faithful viewer of the event.
		Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, said early Thursday he had to chase people out of the graveyard, fearing they would interfere with the mystery visitor’s ceremony.
		In college, Poe was one of my favorites and I actually pulled out the book of his stories and poems just tonight.
	www.thetrenchcoat.com /archives/2006/01/20/last-of-the-poe-toaster (535 words)

	Boulder Weekly \| Buzz \| WeeklyPickoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since 1949, the unidentified man—known as the Poe Toaster—has appeared at Poe's grave on the horror writer's birthday.
		Actually, the original Poe Toaster is believed to have died in 1998, and it is suspected that his sons are continuing their eccentric father's tradition.
		For the first time in the 56-year-old tradition, the Poe Toaster did not don the customary scarf and hat.
	www.boulderweekly.com /archive/012705/weeklypickoff.html (547 words)

	kerrywebworkstation
		Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his scary tales of horror and suspense.
		Poe himself lived a life of mystery and suspense.
		Edgar Allan Poe is indeed a "man of mystery." There is a mystery that surrounds Poe's grave in Baltimore.
	www.ci.bryanisd.org /english8/poequest.htm (575 words)

	Edgar Allan Poe
		Poe was born on January 19, 1809; his last home was Poe Cottage in the Bronx.
		Poe is buried in Baltimore, and the EAP Society host the annual vigil to observe the visit of the mysterious Poe Toaster...
		What better way to savor the rich complexities of Poe's command of the language, while enjoying the dramatic subtleties brought to life by a true devotee of Poe's genius...
	members.tripod.com /~muradvamp/poe.html (971 words)

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