Today is Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday. Last week, my piece on Poe appeared in the WSJ. Last night, the Poe Toaster showed up at Poe’s grave once again. Today, a reader sent in this note:

Your article in the WSJ last week regarding Edgar Allen Poe’s grave prompted me to walk over to the cemetery. I am in Baltimore on business and figured Poe is only going to have a 200th birthday once!! I visited in the afternoon and contended with some snow. Unfortunately, the grounds keeper would not let me, (or some other visitors) in. There were roses and a few notes on the grave which was right next to a wraught iron fence on the corner. But unfortunately, the bottle of cognac was not there. I would suspect that the mysterious interloper visited and left the bottle but some street urchin most likely swiped it. With the weather, why not???….cognac is a good source of heat!!!