Poem: The City in the Sea
08/07/24 • 11 min
Edgar Allan Poe wrote this creepy poem as a young man serving in the military. With its intense atmosphere and vivid details of the macabre surroundings describing this ghost town, it's possible he could have been writing about his own horrific experiences during his service. Come along and take a journey through the city in the sea.
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Edgar Allan Poe wrote this creepy poem as a young man serving in the military. With its intense atmosphere and vivid details of the macabre surroundings describing this ghost town, it's possible he could have been writing about his own horrific experiences during his service. Come along and take a journey through the city in the sea.
Episode music and narration by Tynan Portillo. Intro music by Emmett Cooke on PremiumBeat.
Visit The Poe Show YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thepoeshowpodcast
TikTok: @poeshowpodcast
Instagram & Threads: @thepoeshowpodcast
Email: [email protected]
All links and available platforms: https://linktr.ee/poeshowpodcast
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The Poe Show - Poem: The City in the Sea
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Tynan Portillo presents...featuring the best horror stories of the 19th century...welcome to The Poe Show podcast. Narrated by Tynan Portillo.
Today’s episode, the City in the Sea, by Edgar Allan Poe.
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
In a strange city lying alone
Far down within the dim West,
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest.
There shrines and palaces and towers
(Time-eaten towers and tremble not!)
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