Imitation by Edgar Allen Poe

I really like this poem. It is amazing how many ideas Edgar can catch in his words. He was real master of thought and expression.

If you have never had a chance to read any of Poe's work I would recommend you take some time and read some. His piece "The Fall of the House of Usher" is one of my favorite. Another classic that many people know of is "The Pit and the Pendulum." These poems are very dark. Any good horror filmmaker should be accustom with his work. Even though it isn't film, I believe that filmmakers need to study all forms of visual representation even if it is creating your own picture from your minds eye.

Imitation - Edgar Allen Poe

A dark unfathomed tide
Of interminable pride -
A mystery, and a dream,
Should my early life seem;
I say that dream was fraught
With a wild and waking thought
Of beings that have been,
Which my spirit hath not seen,
Had I let them pass me by,
With a dreaming eye!
Let none of earth inherit
That vision of my spirit;
Those thoughts I would control,
As a spell upon his soul:
For that bright hope at last
And that light time have past,
And my worldly rest hath gone
With a sigh as it passed on:
I care not though it perish
With a thought I then did cherish.