Mother and Children by the Sea

Mother and Children by the Sea

-Brigitte Leal

-Spencer Law

Mother dressed in ocean blue,

Iron child in orange.

Both walking barefooted,

dimly besides the sea.

The sound of waves,

whistling besides them.

Moral stories within the air,

Neither one weeping.

Holding his mother’s cloth,

being guided to the destination.

Knowing there is only right,

and no wrong.

Edgar Allan Poe

       Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, writer, poet, and literary critic was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809 and passed away on October 7, 1849. During his early childhood, his mother passed away shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was later raised by John and Frances Allan in Richmond, Virginia and attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to money matter. Furthermore, he joined the army but also failed as an officer’s cadet in West Point.