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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Halloween jokes and poems

Some Halloween jokes ....

and a well-known poem: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. The poem depicts a mysterious raven's midnight visit to the narrator, sad and mourning the loss of his love, Lenore.

You can watch :

the Simpson's version ...

or the masterpiece, interpreted by Vincent Price.

There's still another excellent version interpreted by Christopher Walken with beautiful illustrations by Gustave Doré.

Happy Halloween!

4 comments:

Willy said...

Hi Mariona:
I usually see your blog, although until now I have not done any comment. I like it a lot but, in this case, after seing and listening The Raven with Gustavo Doré's illustrations, I have to congratulate you specially.
Thanks a lot for your time and dedication.
Guillermo

Ona said...

Hi Guillermo, glad you liked it! Poe is one of my favourites and I also find Gustave Doré's illustrations impressive. You know how I'd like to be able to draw and paint ...!

yoyi said...

Hi Mariona,
I liked the video a lot and the illustrations to.
Thanks

Ona said...

Edgar A. Poe is always good value!