Haunting, tragic, and beautifully restrained. The sea, the tomb, the waiting. This lingers like a curse you don’t want lifted. That final question is brutal.
This is such a smart way to engage with Annabel Lee — not imitation, but interrogation. I love how you took Poe’s romantic obsession and tilted it just enough to become unsettling instead of idealized. The lighthouse as a decaying guardian, the question of whether love is protection or imprisonment, and that final uncertainty about memory and identity all really made it come together beautifully.
It feels like a sequel that argues with the original instead of worshipping it, which is exactly what a reimagining should do. Beautiful, eerie, and quietly uncomfortable in the best way. Loved it!
Annabel Lee is my all time favorite poem, and when I saw the prompt I immediately thought that it would lend itself so well to it. I'm so glad you enjoyed my reimagining, it always felt like the original could have gone on and become even more haunting.
Haunting, tragic, and beautifully restrained. The sea, the tomb, the waiting. This lingers like a curse you don’t want lifted. That final question is brutal.
Be still my Poe loving heart. I love this 💝
This is such a smart way to engage with Annabel Lee — not imitation, but interrogation. I love how you took Poe’s romantic obsession and tilted it just enough to become unsettling instead of idealized. The lighthouse as a decaying guardian, the question of whether love is protection or imprisonment, and that final uncertainty about memory and identity all really made it come together beautifully.
It feels like a sequel that argues with the original instead of worshipping it, which is exactly what a reimagining should do. Beautiful, eerie, and quietly uncomfortable in the best way. Loved it!
🥰🥰🥰 thank you!
Annabel Lee is my all time favorite poem, and when I saw the prompt I immediately thought that it would lend itself so well to it. I'm so glad you enjoyed my reimagining, it always felt like the original could have gone on and become even more haunting.