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Raven and Poe: Partners for (n)evermore

Life-sized bronze(?) statue of Edgar Allen Poe walking, carrying a briefcase, with a raven emerging from the case. It's covered with a green patina, and situated on a brick-paved walkway on a city street with trees in the background.

Last September I visited Boston to attend a friend’s wedding. While there I took a guided walking tour of the Freedom Trail, and also wandered the city a bit on my own. I stumbled on this statue with a pair of unconventional partners: Edgar Allen Poe and a raven.

I particularly like how they’ve balanced it so that the raven appears to be flying out of the briefcase as the writer’s papers burst out. My photo album on Flickr has another angle of this statue, plus another 15-odd sightseeing shots.