(noun)
A person who enjoys reading and/or writing morbid, dark, tenebrous, profound literature. The term comes from the name of an American poet Edgar Allan Poe. He is known for writing such literature. A Poe is not necessarily Goth or Emo. A Poe can be outwardly cheerful. Literature written and read by a Poe follows the general styles, methods, or themes of Edgar Allan Poe's poems.
Literature read/written by a Poe:
-may cause the reader to suffer emotionally through the main character or speaker, sometimes in cases in which the story/poem ends abruptly leaving some aspect of the main character’s emotions to the imagination of the reader
-may cause the reader to empathize with the main character or speaker and endure a negative emotion
-may let the reader believe that a specific thing is occurring and then, near or at the end, shock the reader by revealing that something else is happening, especially with a single sentence or phrase
-may employ elements not listed that are consistent with the given description of a Poe
A person who enjoys reading and/or writing morbid, dark, tenebrous, profound literature. The term comes from the name of an American poet Edgar Allan Poe. He is known for writing such literature. A Poe is not necessarily Goth or Emo. A Poe can be outwardly cheerful. Literature written and read by a Poe follows the general styles, methods, or themes of Edgar Allan Poe's poems.
Literature read/written by a Poe:
-may cause the reader to suffer emotionally through the main character or speaker, sometimes in cases in which the story/poem ends abruptly leaving some aspect of the main character’s emotions to the imagination of the reader
-may cause the reader to empathize with the main character or speaker and endure a negative emotion
-may let the reader believe that a specific thing is occurring and then, near or at the end, shock the reader by revealing that something else is happening, especially with a single sentence or phrase
-may employ elements not listed that are consistent with the given description of a Poe
Person1: "Did you read that kid's short story?"
Person2: "The one in which the newfound love interest dies?"
Person1: "Yeah, what's up with that?!"
Person2: "The writer's a Poe."
Person1: "Really? But that kid seems so happy all the time."
Person2: "The one in which the newfound love interest dies?"
Person1: "Yeah, what's up with that?!"
Person2: "The writer's a Poe."
Person1: "Really? But that kid seems so happy all the time."
by Bernt Toestirwaphel December 31, 2012
another word for cool, and words that accosiate in that area, e.g fly, hip, the bomb etc...
-pronounced p-oh/ powe
-pronounced p-oh/ powe
by skankerr April 02, 2009
Husband, "That was great sex, but I have to get up and go to work."
Wife, "You go ahead. I'm going to lay here and enjoy this poe."
Wife, "You go ahead. I'm going to lay here and enjoy this poe."
by Gettsitte Goode October 15, 2006
Someone who won't let themsleves enjoy anything or show emotion at anything - never smiles, stone faced, looks down on people having a good time..
eg. The Queen is a poe!
'Oh stop being such a poe and enjoy yourself'
'That lady has her poe face on'
'Oh stop being such a poe and enjoy yourself'
'That lady has her poe face on'
by PedMac February 21, 2009
Poe from Kung Fu Panda and is the ultimate being, he is black so he can say the "n-word," he is white so he can be a dumbass, and he Asian so he can watch a lot of anime without being a dweeb.
There is only 1 Poe tho...
by NuclearReactor October 24, 2019
an extremely talented female singer from the mid-nineties to the present. Her brother Mark wrote the book, "House of Leaves."
by B to the R April 23, 2004