# Loring Pickering — Poetry character guide

> Loring Pickering in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** XIII Loring Pickering, Pickering

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

A West Point cadet whose cannon misfires both fore and aft, leaving him one-eyed and philosophically ruined before his military career can begin.

## In the story

### [One and One Are Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/one-and-one-are-two)

Rises from the dead with a wobbling motion due to a missing ear; gains entry to heaven by admitting he is a liar.

### [Substance or Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/substance-or-shadow)

Mentioned for his cold austerity against attacks on scamps.

### [Slander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/slander)

Denies the slanderous claims, asserting the opposite is true.

### [Juventus Mundi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/juventus-mundi)

Mentioned as the vessel in whom the flame of immortality burned eternal red.

### [XIII: Loring Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/xiii-loring-pickering)

Subject of the epitaph, depicted as a writer lacking feeling, sense, and original ideas.

### [The Two Cavees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/the-two-cavees)

Fitch's partner; he encourages the missile-throwing and later decides to drive the dump-cart.

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