[lbo-talk] Personal request - poetry recommendation needed

[Gar Lipow]

My 91 year lod  Mom enjoys giving readings on Halloween. She is a minor
star at the local reader's theater on that day. Last year she read Poe's
"the Bells" (which IMO is much spookier than the Raven  - if you have the
breath control to read it out loud.) At any rate she does not think she can
top the "The Bells" but it would be  a great present to her to prove her
wrong - to find her something spooky melodramatic and over the top that can
beat the Bells.

The Highwayman is not bad when it comes to melodrama and over the topness,
but as My Mom say, does not come close to "The Bells". Anyone on this list
have any suggestions? Looking for ear candy, meant to be read out loud..
Over the top, melodramic (or comic) with a strong supernatural element.  No
worries about delivery - if Ruth can recite "The Bells", and get the
reaction Poe intended,  she can recite anything..

Oh and if you have not encountered "The Bells" lately, here is a link
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer/thebells_fulltext.asp  . onomatopoeic
ear candy and over the top melodrama. No depth, but oh what a surface.

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