Poe
[poh]
- Edgar Allan,1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
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POE
or P.O.E.
- port of embarkation.
- port of entry.
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Contemporary Examples
“Madam Speaker, this is America; it is not Burger King,” Poe said.
“The designation which we fight for all the time is a hollow designation because there is no backup,” Poe told The Daily Beast.
“There has been not a dime of money frozen or seized from the Haqqani network,” said Poe.
Poe and Dylan Thomas both wheeled and reeled until the index finger representing each of them collapsed.
“The flame sculpture with the skulls in the center is incredible,” says Poe.
Historical Examples
Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just.
The LyricJohn Drinkwater
Poe could indeed do it, although he hovered at times near the border of insanity.
The American MindBliss Perry
It is only a Poe who can keep the pitch through the whole concert of experience.
The American MindBliss Perry
Poe, and the imitators of Poe, have been regarded too often by our people as the normal type of poet.
The American MindBliss Perry
Poe raised his gun, and aiming surely at the chief, pulled trigger.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
Poe
- Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story
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POE
- military port of embarkation
- port of entry
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