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Fear Not my dear, Fear not of me
Fear Not for fear shall not help thee
The time is short, my plans are made
Your casket shall be trimmed with jade.

Thus begins Aurore Leigh Barretts poem, Fear Not an homage to one of her favorite poets, Edgar Allan Poe. It masterfully combines the macabre with the humorous. This stellar work, which Poe, no doubt, would wish he had written, is just one of a few poems ...