Poe

¹ American  

[poh] / poʊ /

noun

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

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POE ² American  

Or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.

2. port of entry.

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POE ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. military port of embarkation

2. port of entry

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Poe ² British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

The next day, she wrote: “Awake now. Talking to Poe in 20 mins.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Both are "burning cash faster than they can generate sustainable revenue streams", analyst Poe Zhao, founder of Hello China Tech, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

The bright-eyed bear, named after writer Edgar Allan Poe, generates stories based on that selection and recites them aloud.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Skyrocket, a Los Angeles-based toy maker, sells Poe, the AI story bear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Alexander had given up on his Poe poem and was now adding latitude and longitude lines to a large hand-drawn map of the forest.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood