Poems from the Inner Life

Lizzie Doten (1829–1913) was an American poet and medium, best recognized for her spiritualist writings and her book 'Poems from the Inner Life,' published in 1863. This work is notable for its claim that the poems within were mediumistic messages from the late Edgar Allan Poe and other spirits, which she received and transcribed during her trance states. Doten's style is marked by a certain lyric...