Poe

¹

[poh]

noun

1. Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.

POE

²

Or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.

2. port of entry.

POE

¹

abbreviation

1. military port of embarkation

2. port of entry

Poe

²

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.

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One woman, Michelle, recounted that on the Europe trip, Poe propositioned her and attempted to kiss her in his hotel room, but she left.

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“If you look back, the Kinks, the Beach Boys, all of these brother acts all loved the Everlys. But there’s also a contemporary act called Larkin Poe, who called one of their albums ‘Blood Harmony.’

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Poe is credited with writing the first American detective story, and Oates writes in the same vein.

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The actor sits on a couch in a rented house in Los Feliz, his shoes kicked off to reveal socks patterned with the gloomy face of Edgar Allan Poe.

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