Jeanie and Carmen talk about Lord Byron and his poetry, focusing on the Byronic Hero to celebrate National Poetry month.

The Poe-It Like Poe poetry contest is still taking submissions through May 15th. Please go to our website for the poetry contest details at the link below:

https://sixdegreesofpoe.com/poeit-like-poe-contest

Jeanie and Carmen, along with the Poe Unplugged group, discuss Poe's poem, "Spirits of the Dead" to celebrate April as National Poetry Month.

On this month's Poe Discussions, Jeanie and Carmen welcome the cast of Markiewitz Audioworks' production of The Masque of the Red Death. On April 25th, we were live on our YouTube channel, @poeunplugged3978.

For more on Markiewitz Productions, check out the links below:

https://www.markiewitzaudioworks.com/home

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMaNTXcDjcgtm6cVmxjXv7g

https://www.instagram.com/markiewitzaudioworks/

https://www.facebook.com/MarkiewitzAudioworks/

Jeanie and Carmen review another Roger Corman production, The Masque of the Red Death, 1964, starring Vincent Price.

Please enjoy The Six Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry Reading Event to kickstart the 4th Annual Poe-It Like Poe Poetry Contest. Friends from the Poe Community will be reading from either their original works or poems from Edgar A. Poe. Time stamps are below to find each reader/speaker.

00:05 Chris Semtner

02:56 Holly Knightley

04:22 Dr. Jeff Thompson

06:54 Mel Grosvenor

08:05 Steve Boilard

10:05 Trisha Leigh Shufelt

19:39 A. A. Rubin

22:06 Renee Cronley

24:57 Carmen Bouldin

26:36 Jeanie Smith

29:36 Micah Cover

The poetry contest opened for submissions on April 1st and closes on May 15th. Please see our website for more details. At the end of the video, there is also a QR code to submit your poem.

https://sixdegreesofpoe.com/poeit-like-poe-contest

Jeanie and Carmen along with the Poe Unplugged group discuss Poe's short story, The Man of the Crowd.

Jeanie and Carmen review the Roger Corman film, The Haunted Palace, starring Vincent Price and Lon Chaney, Jr.

Celebrating sixteen authors for Author Madness 2026.