i'm so excited! i just found a site that has every one of mr. poe's works! they don't just have the titles, they have the works too. so i will now be able to have a check list. and DAMN it is a big one! click here to check out his works if you have  second. they are amazing! this one is so touching i just had to share:

*to my mother*

Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
   The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
   None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
Therefore by that dear name I long have called you—
   You who are more than mother unto me,
And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you
   In setting my Virginia's spirit free.
My mother—my own mother, who died early,
   Was but the mother of myself; but you
Are mother to the one I loved so dearly,
   And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
   Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.

i have more stuff to yap about. but it is late and i feel the itch to read, relax, and write. one thing's for sure... my life is shifting once again. but in a very good way. i am settling into me. into  my own life's rhythm. i've decided to live MY life how I  was meant to live it... what the hell is she talking about?? you ask. well, i'll explain tomorrow. ;) goodnight my friends. sweet dreams. ~&hearts~ alysia