“Ulalume” By Edgar Allan Poe had me reflect on the concept of grief. The poem itself may have been heavily influenced by Poe’s own grief, as the poem was written only a year after his wife Virginia Clemm had passed. I recalled my own experience with loss, and how I have felt for weeks, or even months. At some point, the pain disappears into the background and becomes forgotten. Only, it resurfaces when reminders of who we lost pull the pain to the forefront once more.

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