Archive for 'ravens in literature'
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
Two of my very dearest things, ravens and books, and a story set in the Pacific Northwest… my home. This is a book about a raven…what better way to introduce children to your love of ravens and crows than reading a good story about them? Here is the official book description,
Raven, the trickster, wants to [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2010 under Books about crows, Children's Books, Raven, ravens, ravens in literature.
Tags: Books about ravens, children's books, raven books
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Corvid Bookends
I found these fantastic crow bookends, raven bookends and rook bookends all over the internet…
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” bookends
Handcrafted Wooden Raven bookends
Antique Wooden Crow bookends
Posted: June 28th, 2010 under art, bookends, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, jackdaw, jackdaws, Raven, ravens, ravens in literature, Rook.
Tags: book ends, crow bookends, jackdaw bookends, raven bookends, rook bookends
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THE RAVEN (Poe House in Philly)
THE RAVEN (Poe House in Philly)
Originally uploaded by Brooklyn Bridge Baby
“The Raven” is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2009 under Crow, edgar allen poe, poem, Raven, ravens, ravens in literature.
Tags: Baltimore, Edgar Allen Poe's house, Philadelphia, Philly, Poe House, raven statue, The Raven
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The Raven Word Art
I came across this interesting word form — in the shape of a raven using the words The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. I thought it was clever enough to share. =)
It was originally posted on neoformix, I imagine they made it. =)
Posted: August 19th, 2009 under ravens, ravens in literature, Word Art, Word form.
Tags: bird word form, edgar allen poe, raven word art, The Raven, The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, Word Art, word art and ravens, word art and the raven, Word form
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Raven Quotes
Some quotes about ravens,
If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
—Friedrich Nietzsche
To the raven her own chick is white.
—Irish Proverb
And it came to pass at [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2009 under quotes, Raven, ravens, ravens in literature.
Tags: quotes about ravens, raven quotes, ravens in literature
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