BALTIMORE — Is the “Poe Toaster” nevermore?
For decades, a mysterious man left a three roses and cognac on Edgar Allan Poe’s grave to mark the anniversary of the writer’s birth. But after the visitor, dubbed the “Poe Toaster,” failed to appear two years in a row, Poe fans are planning one last vigil this week before calling an end to the annual Jan. 19 tradition.
Just read this article on the train this morning. I hadn’t known about the tradition but what strikes me as incredibly odd is that there has been a vigil for the past two years to observe someone observing Poe’s birthday.
