Poe

¹

[poh]

noun

1. Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.

POE

²

Or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.

2. port of entry.

POE

¹

abbreviation

1. military port of embarkation

2. port of entry

Poe

²

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story

Example Sentences

Gothic art, architecture and literature are defined by a dark romanticism and otherworldliness, from the famous raven at Edgar Allen Poe’s door to the stony Gothic cathedrals of Europe, hallmarked by their ornate, archways pointed toward the heavens.

From Los Angeles Times

If you've ever wanted to see Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings, Poe Dameron from Star Wars, and the ugly dog from Deadpool in one place, you're in luck this weekend.

From BBC

“If you look back, the Kinks, the Beach Boys, all of these brother acts all loved the Everlys. But there’s also a contemporary act called Larkin Poe, who called one of their albums ‘Blood Harmony.’

From Los Angeles Times

Poe is credited with writing the first American detective story, and Oates writes in the same vein.

From Los Angeles Times

But Fox is fixated on Poe’s dead-girl literature and his real-life marriage to a child bride.

From Los Angeles Times