Oh this is excellent!!!

You are truly a carefree and -incredibly- brave soul. I highly doubt that there are many a poet out there who would have taken on such a task. "Finishing" a poem "started" by arguably the greatest American poet in history. I'm a very big fan of Poe, I love his work.

You held true to the form that Poe wrote in Alone, and If I'm honest with myself you grasp the essense of his original beautifully.

If I hadn't read Alone so many times this comment would be a great deal better than it is; as you do an absolutely remarkable job with the dreary images and the metaphors are outstaning.

This in itself is a really well written poem, but darling, you took on a -Huge- challenge in trying to beat Poe at his own game. I know that may sound like an insult but it's the literary equivalent of a stand up comic trying to upstage Charlie Chaplin.

I'm sorry about this comment, and will understand completely if you wish to have it removed.

~Pete.

P.s I'm one of the few that think "Alone" is a completed piece. :)