Alone by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Tom o' Bedlam

[@mejoo1933]

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we are still alive"❤️‍🔥

[@annholt7093]

Shite shite

[@neelanshukumar4308]

Absolutely true!

[@ardentwolf_4288]

One upside to that is, that one no longer fears death. I've found that to be empowering, liberating and terrifying all at once.

[@ShellyG-wp8my]

Godbless you God and Jesus love you

[@strangetribe]

Only a person who has experienced and developed awareness of death in life can truly understand the truth and beauty of that perspective

[@mwmccord2751]

"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up alone, it's not... the worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone". Robin Williams

[@WayinNightfall]

..yeah..I can empathize with that....

[@Flatliner5]

​@@WayinNightfallSame here.

[@EllyHensens62]

Oh my, so true.

[@Hunkiller-pj5qx]

Such a profound point of view by the late great Robin Williams R.I.P.

[@AI-xs4fp]

Could not feel more true after this election.

[@shaggyrogers3158]

What I personally really appreciate about this poem is not insomuch its feeling of loneliness, but its enjoyment of nature and little things. What a sensitive soul Poe was😀

[@seeuathebeach]

Do not mistake loneliness with solitude

[@ben_alfred]

@@seeuathebeach you don’t think poe was a lonely man?

[@seeuathebeach]

@@ben_alfred he shows a positive perspective of being alone. Hence he cannot be lonely.

[@ben_alfred]

@@seeuathebeach Poe’s life was extraordinarily hard though. He battled with addiction, and continually lost the people closest to him. What made you interpret this poem as being positive? (not a criticism, I just didn’t see it like that)

[@sparklemotion8377]

Maybe those two go together. You have nothing else to do but look up at the sky and nature around you when you're alone. When you are with people you are more focussed on them.

[@user-yn9xv1xu5u]

"I could not awaken my heart to joy at the same tone". This part hits me hard 🥲

[@lenakataeva7525]

Me too

[@Mia-ei4mh]

Me

[@morrisalanisette9067]

What does he mean same tone. Same tone as what

[@Mia-ei4mh]

@@morrisalanisette9067 means to live the mundane life.. He was different from others & saw life differently

[@laurenreyesx3]

@@morrisalanisette9067 I personally think he means he could not feel joy at the same tone AKA : same intensity and in the same way he found others to perceive and experience joy.

[@sir_thomas5186]

"We suffer more in imagination than in reality" -Seneca

[@michaelmcknight8419]

Wisdom from long ago is still wisdom today.

[@TheAnonyte]

White dood right?

[@michaelmcknight8419]

@@TheAnonyte Just a dood.

[@DansEarway]

I imagine so.

[@cjnoneya4927]

imagine thinking this is reality 😏

[@Mamalion730]

I memorized this poem in 8th grade. I recited it for the class. At 69 years old, I must say, it was a premonition of my old age.

[@TheSweetAlyssum]

I memorized the raven in 6th, just for me to be able to read it even when i didn't have it.

[@camcam2457]

I feel the same.

[@kay-th6oz]

Beautiful 🤭

[@TheSaltydog07]

That's beautiful, Catherine. We are the same age.

[@genesisgoode3341]

Well you're a very beautiful woman you do not look your age and I am not trying to take you out I'm just being friends

[@TheJakecakes]

Art is so vital to humanity.

[@jeffreyhancock8831]

As well as unadulterated, free thinking ....

[@mindleft-buddy999]

Yes indeed. Grandiose statement but definitely true. What would we do without it?

[@viiyaxyz]

Truly.

[@Σκιά-γ2ι]

almost like a sense of celestial perspective

[@bobsquires4521]

@@alcedo_kf That is a terrific statement!

[@smokeywilly4364]

As someone who’s spent the majority of my life alone, this really hits home. Made me cry, both a mixture of sorrow and joy.

[@Dreez76]

Being alone is a doubleedged sword, there's both good and bad.

[@robertosavy3018]

I here you brother God bless you 🙏,take care now.

[@MightyKondrai]

@@Dreez76 there is no good for me

[@rachaelmee4630]

@@Dreez76 Hi.... alone is sad.... but as you say a double edged sword.... Maybe the odd reply...is a happy... maybe.... Reply if you want to...Hey....why not?? xx

[@Dreez76]

@@rachaelmee4630 Well. I know a lot of guys in relationship that are literally chained, having to ask for every little social gathering with friends. They became much happier after they left their one-sided relationship. Hence why, being alone, can give you more happiness than not being. But there is also the positive side of relationship.

[@mog8396]

"I could not awaken my heart to joy at the same tone. And all I lov'd, I lov'd alone." So harrowing, yet so relatable.

[@baronhelmut2701]

No man, thats when you think you saw what true sorrow looks like, and then he hits you with: The mystery which binds me still- From the torrent, or the fountain- From the red cliff of the mountain- From the sun that ’round me roll’d In its autumn tint of gold- From the lightning in the sky As it pass’d me flying by- From the thunder, and the storm- And the cloud that took the form--- When the rest of Heaven was blue--- Of a demon in my view- This is the exact representation of melancholy. THE MYSTERY WHICH BINDS ME STILL (MIND THE STILL AT THE END) WHEN THE REST OF HEAVEN WAS BLUE OF A DEMON IN MY VIEW

[@Th3BigBoy]

​@@baronhelmut2701Excellently stated.

[@baronhelmut2701]

@@Th3BigBoy fucking hell man. That last line gave me goosebumps so bad one of them almost started bleeding.

[@Motivated_with_me0601]

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[@daytime2189]

​@@baronhelmut2701Could you please explain what the last line means, please? I am not an English speaker, so maybe I couldn't grasp it

[@Mezmo7177]

It really hits much harder when you learn just how alone Poe was

[@arleneirvine1526]

a lot of us are, i am!

[@donhuber9131]

@@arleneirvine1526 I prefer being alone to being around people that I cannot relate to.

[@suchmouse]

He had a wife, lmao gtfo

[@Mezmo7177]

@@suchmouse he did but she died

[@suchmouse]

@Ahmed Mohamed better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all

[@reddragonlegacy]

This was actually my first time seeing/hearing this poem. I felt a strange solace in it. A quiet comfort even, as the words resonated in my soul. Definitely saving this for whenever I need it.

[@mrskate8914]

Maybe even look up some more Poe. This may have opened a little window for you. Enjoy if you do! 🦋

[@tomsimmonds534]

@@mrskate8914 well said, l am an avid fan, always was ( lonely)🤟

[@lindabratsch9091]

Samsies…🤷‍♀️🥰

[@tomsimmonds534]

@@lindabratsch9091 🤷‍♂️🥰

[@michelledawnharpist]

same!! beautiful, comforting (and even a little sad) all at the same time. bravo, mr. poe.

[@one4sorrow]

Yes this poem has a sad tone. But for me it is also hopeful, it makes me feel like I am enough, I can be happy with or without someone by my side. I am no longer afraid of being alone nor do I regard having a relationship as the ultimate goal in life. Seeing the beauty and the ugliness of life is solely dependent on me.

[@mintkimono]

I love your interpretation

[@saqeeb512]

Sending Prayers , (Fiamanillah ) Leaving you In the care of lord .

[@azure52]

Thanks, for giving me hope!

[@lulabee384]

Well spoken Ell B. Your interpretation resonates with me. Thank you. ❤️

[@lulabee384]

@@Nemo67577 WOW. Thank you for posting this in your reply to Ell B. I’m finding my footing again after a horrific trauma and when I look back in my journals and take note of how many WASTED hours I spent trying repeatedly to explain myself and why live alone-instead of being focused on my healing, It’s shocking and even a bit sad. I’ve never felt or stated that I will ALWAYS choose to live alone as I’ve no problem embracing the fact that I love LOVE and haven’t ruled out the possibility of opening up to it. All I know right now is that for me, my mental health MUST come first and my hope is that with time and lots of hard work, I will be able to feel empowered, safe, secure and less fearful that I may 1-honor myself and 2-trust again. I am the only one who is responsible of taking care of me, and if being alone is what feels right and it’s working, that means I AM enough! Thank you so much. I appreciate your words and forgive my injecting myself into your response to Ell B. 🙏❤️

[@toosense]

As someone who has never fit in and surely never felt understood, I find peace in the garden surrounded by nature but always alone.

[@ValdaShallmizhili]

Same here.

[@campingintheforest_]

Certainly

[@toosense]

@CharlesFTFColdFrontTWCanada nope, never lonely. It’s my choice.

[@graphguy]

You have never been alone, you just are looking down and not up.

[@mcdaddy2011]

Why should anyone understand u? What is it u want them to understand?

[@lorifiedler13]

The reader has the perfect voice for this.

[@EmmysCoolVids123]

Sometimes when you are alone for so long you end up feeling comfortable. So comfortable that its hard to leave.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

We become comfortable with our discomfort. It is the devil that's known as opposed to the one we do not know. And it is the unknown that fills us with fear.

[@AJzilllaPro]

@@KatherineUribe-1Not comfortable but most likely scared to change or find it too hard to change.

[@swhip897]

Content to be alone by choice

[@samdeen2509]

I love this poem so much, it hits close to home for me. The narrator is Tom O'bedlam and he did an amazing job ❤

[@marilon]

Thank you.

[@sierrascullion4196]

I don't hear anybody narrating

[@fabricofdreams.]

I love his voice and Poe ❤️

[@andyappleton3353]

I wonder if it possible that Poe was not neurotypical.

[@wendiheckathorn213]

You literally took the words right out of my mouth100% .

[@heathwells3564]

“ I spent too much time inside my head, and I went insane” One of my favorite Poe quotes. If you have not read the short story by Poe titled “Hop Frog” I would highly recommend it.

[@vresnuil]

“When you think too much you have nothing to think about except thoughts.” - Alan Watts

[@DiegoSilva-mo1lc]

@@vresnuil “anda pa alla bobo” - messi

[@adammaxwell5851]

Great tale of revenge.

[@schneidercherryl3577]

I guess this can describe what has been happening for me

[@schneidercherryl3577]

@@vresnuil awesome

[@BlitzenSpeaks]

Sums up my life pretty well. I'd have it read at my funeral, if I had anyone in my life who would read it.

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@Aeganable]

That latter part is very difficult 😢

[@BlitzenSpeaks]

@@Aeganable No kidding! 🤪😂

[@timothyweatherbee2557]

I felt the same way, and when I read your comment I was so glad someone felt the same thing.

[@BlitzenSpeaks]

@timothyweatherbee2557 There are more of us than I ever knew about until I started posting comments here. (U toob deletes most of them!)🤷

[@therealswitt4554]

What I love about this poem is how he reacts to the world around him, he's a sad yet intelligent individual. He sees his differences from other people and realizes how his joys won't be the same as other's. He sees his life as a melancholic journey walked by only himself and his thoughts, yet he still takes note of every detail around him. He may view the path he walked to be depressing, but he still took the time to note down each passing moment, still noticed every object, every idea. He may be a sad fellow, yet he's still a compassionate man as well, he just needed more folks who could walk this winding road with him, to examine everything with him, to be alone with him.

[@whiteheart6827]

Beautifully said. As an only child it is something I crave this the most. Being able to feel alone without feeling lonely with someone by my side.

[@lubabatasnim]

💙

[@esthetic.tulips_aesthetic]

Nice description as we don't know English poetry much

[@luckyguyjim]

very much in agreement

[@22RosesGrow]

Poe was a poetic genius. This is poetry that should never be forgotten

[@S.L.O.P.]

Absolute Genius! ❤❤❤I love EAP.😊

[@deeprollingriver52]

He’s short stories are even better

[@bejkirk4112]

I've started to be okay with alone. I suppose from the beginning we were always alone. For those of you who are alone, remember that there are some of us who are too. And in our withdrawal, we can live and be strong, stronger and colder. Not lonelier. Just able to bare the cold that others don't. Whether the cold took the form from our hearts opening up and binded our joy to a single thing. Regardless. Let it be a mystery, and let's live in the chaos all in the hopes to see the beautiful clear sky in the end.

[@lrsco]

I choose to be alone, not at the beginning of my life though. I used to think people needed each other, then I noticed the strength within me without another.

[@bejkirk4112]

@@lrsco Yes, you may choose to be alone, others don't though i.e., impaired individuals, individuals diagnosed at early stages of their lives, people lacking in confidence and other attributes, etc. A variety of people sometimes don't have the luxury of choice hence the 'pay for joy' experience you see in the dark streets of the today. Not for the sake of fun, just for the sake of feeling something.. anything. However, irrelevant, my short comment was about the idea of living with seclusion and overcoming it because it most likely will get better at some point in time. In the end of our lives, we define our sky as clear or clouded. That's the most marvelous thing about the universe: the perserverence of the human to exhaust all events including overcoming the darkest one. And sometimes that event is just feeling loneliness. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

[@hadiakhan644]

Your comment is worth reading! Living in te chaos is what people make think about their’s life

[@fonya_thee3026]

Let's live in the chaos of hopesssss !!!!!!

[@devorahgarland4916]

You are also a poet. Keep writing. We who choose to be alone need community.

[@teresathayn5170]

I discovered Poe at 12. At 62 I'm still enraptured by his unique genuine nature and his broken heart. RIP. No one yet has come close to being you.

[@davidmurphy5083]

Hello Teresa 👋

[@TheSaltydog07]

Same here. I weep.

[@davidmurphy5083]

@@TheSaltydog07 how are you doing today, hope you’re having a great day??

[@sharonmullins1957]

I so agree! He touches my heart and soul.

[@colinpulver8191]

I don't, as a rule, like poetry.But i like this

[@Addwrite]

Sad, deep, and elegant. Such a brilliant writer.

[@avalonisland]

Nice

[@PavanKumar-ft5hi]

Is it really sad?

[@googacc4654]

@@PavanKumar-ft5hi Stole my comment . How rude 🤣

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@ShadowGestalt]

Oddly enough, this makes me feel less alone. To know others out there are "walking" this same deep stormy path. A lot of people don't understand that happy, isn't something I want to feel all of the time. Must be that "uncommon spring" we seem to like. Being alone is what keeps us together.

[@joemay2640]

The worst feeling in the world, being surrounded by people but feeling alone.

[@Heterogeneity]

As a child I always felt loneliest when surrounded by other children. I felt more alienated from them by their innocence than by their attempts to bully me.

[@angrysilence1234....]

I've felt like that, most of my whole life. And, although "it ain't over yet", I no longer "look" for it. So, it may have "passed me by" when my "eyes were closed". 🫤 LIKE, MANY people,......what we 'need' sneaks right past our sight when we, wearily, 'stop looking'......😔

[@joemay2640]

@@angrysilence1234.... poet.

[@swanh7496]

From childhood’s hour I have not been as others were I have not seen as others saw I could not bring My passions from a common From the same source I have not taken my sorrow I could not awaken my heart to joy at the same tone And all I lov’d I lov’d alone Then in my childhood-in the dawn of a most stormy life Was drawn from every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still From the torrent, or the fountain From the red cliff of the mountain From the sun that ‘round me roll’d In its autumn tint of gold From the lightning in the sky as it pass’d me flying by From the thunder , and the storm and the cloud that took the from When the rest of heaven was blue Of a demon in my view Alone by “edgar allen poe”🖤🖤

[@jackhall2539]

wow

[@dr.linauthup2778]

Thank you.

[@DATo_DATonian]

Line #4 _My passions from a common (spring)_

[@swanh7496]

@@dr.linauthup2778 ❤️❤️

[@BruteZ7957]

thanks

[@JStack]

I’ve never had my Autism verbalized in such a way. A really touching poem that ironically enough has made me feel much less alone.

[@pinkkmatcha]

♾

[@HeyItsJDanni]

Hello, JStack. I'm autistic as well. You are not alone, my friend.

[@ikaluts8126]

Actually i ubderstan this poem's mean from your explananation..thanks 🇮🇩

[@thresagraham8181]

Profound 🌸🌻✌️

[@ikaluts8126]

Very hard to dive (understanding) an other mind

[@katherineg9396]

I never heard this poem before, it has shaken me. Thanks for posting. What a writer Poe was.

[@wordnourishment7534]

Thanks for watching!

[@LibsRockU]

I get the sense of being shaken, as an initial feeling. Your comment seems much deeper. Curious if you're comfortable embellishing your perspective. Of course, I totally understand it that's not comfortable on the internet & asked from someone you don't know. Regardless, best wishes.

[@jetblackheart057]

@@wordnourishment7534I am wondering about this heavenly sound. May I know about this background sound please!

[@katherineg9396]

@@LibsRockU I don't think it's anything deep or unique, but the beginning when he described being so different from childhood, early youth!, was so sad, it touched me and reminded me of times I was different and alone. It moved me at a very core part of me. And knowing how difficult Poe's life was adds another layer to it. Aloneness is not something people like to talk about. And the narrator's voice was very evocative also.

[@LibsRockU]

@@katherineg9396 Ummm, I believe you just thoroughly contradicted yourself. (?) I have a strong sense that you're basically agreeing with me. Still, trust YOURSELF. Whatever your words mean might be very important to others & of course, also to you as you navigate your life. Best wishes.

[@Angela-z6c]

Some people are meant to be alone, this poem rings true, for me. My favorite, along with footprints.

[@camcam2457]

I read this poem 20 years ago. It moved me because it was me. 20 years later I feel the same. All I have love I've loved alone.

[@brohamerer1604]

I don't know how I haven't heard this poem of his until now, but it hits home a lot. Ever since I was little I've been kind of absorbed in my own world, and I'd do things mostly by myself. All the lines about the lightning and the mountains and everything I ever loved I loved by myself. And all those lines hit me hard, but I got chills at the last one. In college I started having terrible insomnia, and I still have it. Eventually I was given medication which helped me fall asleep, but then I started experiencing sleep paralysis twice a week or more, and I'd see things on a regular basis. I still see things every once in awhile, and the strangest part about this is now I don't feel alone

[@stobbinsboy]

yes

[@robertnoonan2992]

You Are Not Alone

[@burdenedwithgloriouspurpos851]

@@robertnoonan2992 wait what, what’s with me? Is it behind me 🫣

[@mubeenamir]

There is a comfort in remaining where you are i mean youve gotten used to it but remember life js more about just what you know its about what you dont its about going forward and its about whatever you want it to be love, power, peace Just dont sit idly qhile life passes you by the world doesnt wait for anyone even if theyre dead the sun still shines the people still work but for someome their world has ended Truth be told i dont really know But there is a lot to know Think to yourself and listen to others As it helps you know more Did not intend for this to be a randomly bad poem but i went alone with jt 😂 so here it is

[@robertosavy3018]

I hear you on that thing about not sleeping, glad you're doing better brother 🙏,take care 😁🦍🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️⛵⛵🖖👈👈👈.

[@patriciajrs46]

Poe was a master of the rythm of words and syllables. This is sad, yes, but its rythm is beautiful.

[@JJLewis-so1iq]

He really was

[@puff4422]

Never heard this poem before. How utterly gorgeous and deeply moving. Thank you to Poe and to the makers of this video. Stunning.

[@alirott2271]

Mesmerizing how simply spoken words can be so moving.

[@Cybersue22]

Being alone. Such a small sentence but so big in the person who feels it. Many wonderful quotes speak of loneliness, the best being Robin Williams and his hits very hard. For me its like I was born not of this world, I dont fit it anywhere, not at work, in social occasions or any other place where people meet. It is so hard and I have 40+ years of feeling this way, and I now feel its too late for me to change my persona to fit in. I have developed a social anxiety, depression and severe self confidence issues because of it. Ah maybe its because I am just weird, I dont know. But it kills me that I am not good enough for friendships and that I seem to be invisible to others.

[@marca6190]

Same here! Its been a lonely path at 71. Too many losses...

[@CoffeeKillersClub]

Poe was and is a master at relating to his audience.

[@mjremy2605]

I have always been a lonely soul and this resonated with me. Beautifully read by Tom O'Bedlam. It sounded like Anthony Hopkins' voice. Its sad to feel alone, but there is a stark beauty in it. You feel everything so poignantly. This disappears if you are a couple. I like my aloneness. Its like caressing my bones. I have no fear in being alone. But I feel loneliest when in company that I cannot relate to. We came into this world alone, no one helped us to be born. We will die alone, no one can go with us into death. By being alone in your life, you have not been afraid, and will not be afraid at your death. There are others who fear being alone. I savor it.

[@evegreenification]

Wow. My thoughts exactly.

[@wolftotem539]

Sir Anthony Hopkins... What a gentleman! Would love to hear Poe's works coming out of his mouth. 😍

[@carloszestyboy2901]

I love the raven’s caw throughout the story. It was a nice touch. I think of ravens whenever I think of Poe.

[@walterbrown9651]

Ravens should remind you of Odin!

[@firenze5555]

Edgar Allan Crow.

[@davidtornatore2235]

And I quote the Raven..."nevermore"

[@JRANDALL93]

Eat my shorts

[@gwynnielsen5081]

Poe was a genius who lived a difficult life. It is sad that his work has been removed from most public school English curriculums. I think someday, things will turn around, and true talent will be recognized again.

[@MuhammadKumail268]

Edgar Allan Poe was legend

[@Raj-3100]

How on earth he expressed what I felt all along! Really, this is... a beautiful poem!

[@wordnourishment7534]

I love this ❤️

[@robertosavy3018]

Yes,true, amen 🙏, thing's will be fine.god bless.

[@margaretmolloy257]

Raj .never heard this poem before,just everything in it explains exactly 💯 me.im amazed by every word.

[@robertosavy3018]

@@margaretmolloy257 I am glad for you.

[@noluthandoselikane5499]

Whoever the narrator is, your voice is amazing.. ❤️😩

[@shanesmith1020]

the late great Poet of Our era; Charles Bukowski

[@noluthandoselikane5499]

@@shanesmith1020 thanks

[@noluthandoselikane5499]

@@thomasoakley1510 thanks

[@JudymayMurphy]

Tom OBedlam has a fantastic KZbin channel.

[@mayari7657]

@@JudymayMurphy what's his channel name?? thank you

[@grantwallace1882]

I come back here often.

[@Arjun.Sumesh]

Liked to make u remember

[@evilqueenyiayia]

I just love this poem and feel every nuance. 💔

[@zarsepehr3315]

he was such a romantic and a highly sensitive person

[@22RosesGrow]

Indeed.

[@christianhuntercascon888]

That is the most profound poem I’ve ever heard or ever will hear in all my days on earth. As I always remind myself, no matter how many friends, family, wives or others that I should hope to ever had, the sobering truth that really, I am completely alone since i’s born I’ll surely too have died as I’ve always ever been. Most Truly alone. together with everyone else altogether, alone truly lived. Alone

[@googacc4654]

I know what you mean being it's not mattering how many friends family excetera I will still be alone on the outside looking in

[@christianhuntercascon888]

@@googacc4654 exactly. That’s a great way of your describing it. It’s almost like a catch 22 that we are connected but from the inside looking out we, for all practical purposes, each in our own bio computer onlookers of our entire lives. Which from That perspective really says it all. Thank you for your comment 🕊🙏🏾. I always enjoy peoples own perspectives relating to one particular subject. Thanks again and many blessings my friend

[@dianekeane7740]

My favorite poem of all time from my favorite writer. Hope the heavens are treating you well, Edgar.

[@Marie579]

At last I’ve found a poem about me…thanks for publishing it❤️

[@garypautard1069]

Yes I agree I was born into a family that thought life was about stepping on others to get somewhere or be suspicious of neighbours . I was told constantly that I must toughen up . But as a child I thought why do I see the the world in colour when my family saw things as a black and white war zone ?

[@deefee701]

@@garypautard1069 My family were somewhat similar. Definitely not united and love drama and negativity. This poem really resonated with me.

[@janownes9676]

Deeper people always receive a deeper conscious of their lives.I tend to appreciate his deep ways of expressing simplicity.♥️😇

[@cindyholt3808]

I studied Poe in school and did a final paper on him. He did not have a good life and had alot of loss. Great writer, this man was.

[@nickmelucci]

This reading of this masterpiece, though I have listened to it countless times, never ceases to induce chills.

[@sharonmullins1957]

And heartbreak.

[@eccehomo1904]

Agreed.

[@Motivated_with_me0601]

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[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@momv2pa]

First I heard this poem. I grew up loving Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. I think I first became aware of him in school. Been a life long fan ( I am now in my 60’s). Don’t think I will ever lose my admiration. Love the narrator here. Perfect.

[@josephrego2527]

My father once said there are two things in life you do alone...birth and death. Get comfortable with your aloneness for no one else will ever see anything quite the same way as you.

[@prongs4137]

You were not born alone. You did not give birth to yourself. You did not safely deliver yourself out of your mother's womb. There were lots of ppl helping. No one is born alone. At the very leasr they have their bio mom with them. Most ppl are born into a very noisy but well cooperating small crowd of vert helpful people. Without others who helped you, you would not have taken your first breath. Whether you die alone or not will be upto you and your fate tho. It is good to deeply feel art and connect to it. But don't get carried away believing in cynical falsitudes just because an older man you respect repeated them to you after hearing it or reading it from another man he respected. Practice critical thinking too. Emotion is not the opposite of reason but an integral part of it. You don't have to sacrifice truth and rationale to make a point.

[@josephrego2527]

@@prongs4137 I think we are perceiving two very different things here. There is such a thing as literary license or figures of speech if you will. We are all born one at a time and most of us also depart one at a time is what is meant here. So, it matters little how many people may be around us during birth or death.

[@schneidercherryl3577]

@@prongs4137 the day everybody turns their backs on you and you realize it's what you do for yourself that matters the day you ask anybody around you for help in making your next big step or the day you ask those around you to pull you out of a dark zone your mind wandered into without your consent and everybody keeps ignoring you keeps telling you the same thing you tell yourself and keep laughing at your problems and saying one word hoping that you be okay but you won't and will never be until you find time alone look at your life all the paths you have taken all the crowds you have gathered and all the ways you have faltered and decide alone that the only person who has the power to make your life OK is OK so no ...

[@schneidercherryl3577]

@@prongs4137 it's is not cynical of us to know not assume that we are born alone and die alone and the most things we do for ourselves that make us be the greatest we do and decide them alone. Yes people will be around you and people have helped you but what you fail to notice is that only at your consent do they help you cannot be helped and have many things be done to you if you don't consent for them to happen....it's all upto to you so you are alone in everything

[@schneidercherryl3577]

@@prongs4137 though I get your point we cannot survive alone in this world but don't confuse the world with your world in your world you will always be a lone even if you try adding others as once said You can be with me but you can't feel my gratitude for me you can be in my dreams but you can't dream my dreams for me

[@vishnupriyak3704]

You bring tears again Your words are not only poetry They are the pain of my soul You have potrait my hidden feelings Those tears of trust And pain of those broken ribs of My faith My blind trust My blind faith Thank you for this beautiful gift 🌼🌺

[@sharonjack8582]

Incredible reading. I am alone as I listen. Alone and so grateful for this man's words. Thank you so much for sharing this. USA🥰

[@catmom1322]

I'm clinically depressed & this poem speaks right to me.

[@Relayzy1]

Keep ya head up, I'm in a hole again as well and music and workouts help here and there...

[@Anonymous-Joker74]

Same here ,I have complex ptsd 🥲

[@lizstallard9902]

The first poem I memorized . It has never left me .

[@TByronK]

This is an amazing poem. Poe’s influence on Baudelaire was the reason for the French Symbolist movement, which has produced some of the world’s most beautiful poetry.

[@jimschuman9926]

EAP is awesome as is the narrator. Never feel bad about being alone. Learn to be Your best friend. We come into this world alone. We leave this world alone. Live life to the fullest. For life is too short. Respect yourself. Trust yourself. Love yourself. AMEN

[@angelavanhorn2325]

Missed my beloved son for such poem! I wondered about his last day. I failed you my beloved son. Tears for being failing you. I'm so sorry beloved child.❤️🙏✝️

[@search_within]

"We all are living in the same world.. But our worlds are very different ." -Me

[@spaceforceal3699]

We live in different dimensions. Vibrating on different frequencies. Thank you God

[@seri4832]

Our world is our perception... we colour it with each new knowledge and insight and understanding... Enrich it...

[@JolovesDecor]

That one sentence is the definition of our worlds souls today. No truer words spoken for this time on history.

[@neilhawkes880]

A soul apart, but not entirely alone. Beautiful.

[@gorunsko31]

I am not a native, but rather an accidental speaker of English, which I learned in a hurry mostly from watching Sesame Street and an Electric Company on PBS/ WETA with my children... Now many years later, I am still frustrated by deficiency in my language, but so glad I decided to listen to your reciting of this poem. I finally grasped the full meaning of it and feel touched by your presentation and completely satisfied as a listener. Thank you. 🙏❤

[@anchormidori7872]

The voice reciting this poem was perfect. I felt the emotion of every word spoken.

[@afreenhussain4142]

It all goes over my head ❤😊

[@mefor5199]

I can relate to this poem so much. when I’m with others which I don’t feel i fit well I’ve out of body experience!!! Talking and having conversation with myself !!! In my little world

[@16Sirens]

I had to memorize this poem in grade 6..... Deep poem about the delicate human soul ✨️

[@peace-yv4qd]

Beautiful poem. It so closely aligns with my life. The heart is a lonely hunter.

[@autumntreadway6383]

This is my favorite poem from Poe. It's so beautiful in its sadness. I was this kid, but I grew from it. I vowed to always be there for those like me, and I have been. All that I loved I loved alone. Until I realized I didn't have to be. I found others like me and it was then I knew I had a home.

[@sinforoso.]

this is so sweet. happy for you

[@Thoughtfolio]

This voice makes vibration from the deepest part of the heart. Every time I hear it, my thirst wants to listen more..

[@TheSaltydog07]

I discovered him early in life. I felt a kinship. The visuals and music here are perfect.

[@nikkismith1925]

Me to

[@TheSaltydog07]

@@nikkismith1925 Happy New Year, Nikki.

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@09kaustubh]

This is my favourite poem. 28 years of life after which I read it seemed to come together in these 22 lines.

[@doom-driveneap4569]

I love that this was uploaded on my birthday, Edgar Allan Poe is my favorite American writer, and this showed up on my recommendations

[@valmacclinchy]

Happy (quite belated) Birthday!

[@lcarole3131]

It's of course no coincidence I see this now for the 1st time_ I could never before have guessed i would one day be here.

[@catherinemcgee1175]

My mother helped my interest in Edgar Allen Poe with my first book by him when I was 10 years old. He is an amazing writer ❤️.

[@JennMartinello]

... Needed this poem today, and that voice dam.

[@michelleauten6111]

Poetry speaks of my soul. Am always alone...and I loved... I loved alone.. apparently..as actions show me I am alone in the love I loved.

[@lulabee384]

Me too Michelle

[@maryknight4823]

Such realism and sensitivity to these words by EAP a man living in such turbulent times, a master story teller and in some ways a man ahead of his own time📘..............

[@oliviaparanormalangel]

My favorite poet of all time shall never be another like him 💙❤💙❤

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@nikhilsaini6097]

How he read this poem is magnificent!!

[@jamiefoyers2800]

Nice atmospheric poem set to some gorgeous atmospheric scenes of nature...I think we can all relate to the words from experience in some point of our lives.

[@jean2479]

This makes me cry for so many reasons. Very emotional, so beautiful.

[@adolfreynolds]

I can definitely relate to this poem! Poetry is art & like art is interpreted differently by each person.

[@Times343]

One may not get the real taste of this poem without the reader. I don't know how many times, how many days I have come here to listen to this. Priceless

[@kensyskye8965]

Adds a touch a comfort when all around you are walking in a different direction….Absolutely beautifully written…

[@cookie6325]

A poem that touches on your soul.

[@fearnobodyandtrustnoone]

Pure genius... I could listen to his poem every day without getting tired of them.

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@indianahoneybee8852]

This is me through and through. The depth of a person cant be known if you refuse to listen to them.

[@davidammann7814]

Everytime i hear it , i just know it was written for me .

[@S.L.O.P.]

You FEEL it!❤

[@JALK174]

Very deep and sad. I truly believe that aloneness is a choice. Spirit is always there - for me - as company & guidance if I need. I am grateful for this although I have chosen aloneness. And I also chose light, happiness & of course... ALL WAYS 💕😇🌴🕊️LOVE. Thankyou for a beautifully written poem 🕊️🌱🙏

[@beardy212]

'From childhoods hour i have not been as others were' 'nor seen as others saw' this is truth for me. I love this , very well narrated. Thank you 😢

[@KohalaLover]

Relatable poem. For those with depth, we understand how alone we are. Thank you Edgar.

[@lyndadelport8322]

First time ever seen this poem.It is so deep and I relate 200% with it.The part.I feel most alone when with someone I cannot relate to.Which are many.Very few can connect with our inner alone souls.I will be now following many of this poets works.

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.

[@Jay-pf4lw]

When I die, I want this to be played at my funeral.

[@Archangel_101]

im autistic and this poem reminds me of myself as a child i find it difficult to express my feelings so people think im cold aloof etc but inside i feel everything so even with a crowd around me i feel alone

[@tom7471]

I am 70 now and this has been me and I have been this, without the astounding way to express...

[@mattm7437]

At 43 years old I have yet to ever come across this poem! The words first and foremost, as well as the narrator and presentation, it all just spoke to me. Thank you for this, and I look forward to so much more.

[@effiemooney8477]

I fell in love with his poetry in 5th grade and came to realize he was a very beautiful but tormented soul, which explains his fantastic artistic ability with his words. TY Edgar, hope you have found some peace, lve you.

[@vlachyna]

Edgar je můj největší favorit ze všech umělců, co kdy byli…. Mám dloooooouhej seznam! Edgar je No.1!

[@Army-stay328]

This voice calmed my mind😢

[@barneyronnie]

I've read most of his stories and poems; what an amazing human being!!

[@BlueMoonInspiration]

Agreed.