The Dead Poets of New England

May 14th: Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk

This year's Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk will focus on her poetry in translation. The 1 PM Community reading on Saturday, May 14th will move from place to place in town, finishing at HER GRAVE. Should be a very informative and fun event.

There will be an open house at her homestead museum from 3 to PM.

N.H. Poets Were Honored on Frost's Derry Farm

Many, many thanks to all who participated in the historic Remembering the Poets of the Granite State event. For 90 minutes the crowd heard poem after historica poem floating through those historic barn rafters where Frost himself used to work.

Both inner and outer weather sparkled and it seemed the fall colors themselves were saluting the past poets of New Hampshire. Details of the event will be forthcoming and video clips of the event will be posted when they start going online.

Boston Marathon a Winner!

The Great Boston Poetry Marathon was a huge success! From 6:15 AM in Gloucester, to sunset on Author's Ridge, in Concord, the whole day was a remarkable time of celebration and remembrance.

We'll be posting pictures and videos here in future weeks, as well as a final report on the event. Thanks to all for such a fantastic day of history, poetry and fun!

Charles Olson Tombstone is Craking in Two

On the eve of the Charles Olson Centennial starting later this week, the Dead Poets Society of America has issued a press release detailing how the famous modernist poet's tombstone is splitting in half and in need of emergency repair.

You can read the press release and see the pictures for yourself.

Iconic Frost Farm Hosts Dead Poets Celebration

The beautiful and historic Frost Farm has joined with the Dead Poets Society of America to host the first New Hampshire Dead Poets Remembrance Day. The grand celebration will take place in the famous Frost barn at 3 PM, on Sunday, October 10th.

Come hear the poetry of Jane Kenyon, Odgen Nash, Robert Lowell, Celia Thaxter, Robert Frost, Scott Mowrer, May Sarton, Richard Eberhart, Phillip Booth, and more, in this National Historic Landmark.

All are welcome to attend the reading. There is a fee of $4 (NH resident) or $5 (non NH resident) to enter to Farm, which is truly one of the best-kept literary sites in the country.

Many thanks to S. Stephanie, poet and wife of NH Poet Laureate, Walter Butts, and Bill Gleed, manager of the Frost Farm and co-founder of the Hyla Brook Poets, for helping to put this event together.

The beautiful and historic Frost Farm has joined with the Dead Poets Society of America to host the first New Hampshire Dead Poets Remembrance Day. The grand celebration will take place in the famous Frost barn at 3 PM, on Sunday, October 10th.

Come hear the poetry of Jane Kenyon, Odgen Nash, Robert Lowell, Celia Thaxter, Robert Frost, Scott Mowrer, May Sarton, Richard Eberhart, Phillip Booth, and more, in this National Historic Landmark.

All are welcome to attend the reading. There is a fee of $4 (NH resident) or $5 (non NH resident) to enter to Farm, which is truly one of the best-kept literary sites in the country.

Many thanks to S. Stephanie, poet and wife of NH Poet Laureate, Walter Butts, and Bill Gleed, manager of the Frost Farm and co-founder of the Hyla Brook Poets, for helping to put this event together.

The Great Boston Poetry Marathon of 2010 Announced

This Columbus Day sail the ocean of poetic imagination as Dedgar The Poemobile leads a sunrise to sunset reading of over 40 poets at five major locations. It is the GREAT BOSTON POETRY MARATHON.

Celebrate Dead Poets Remembrance Day in style, by joining the caravan for the whole day, starting at 6:15, in Gloucester, or meeting for a reading at Beverly, Salem, Boston Commons, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, or Author's Ridge.

Happy Birthday (Aug. 29th) Stanley Kunitz

If you are near Worcester, MA, the Worcester County Poetry Association is having a birthday bash:

Thursday, July 29 - Happy Birthday Stanley Kunitz 

A birthday celebration with poetry and discussion. Catch up on the latest Kunitz news and join us for a pear treat in the poet's honor.

Thursday, July 29 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

WCPA, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester

Emily Dickinson Marathon Sept 25th

(News from the Emily Dickinson Musuem) Emily Dickinson lovers of all ages are invited to join the Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon, a daylong marathon reading of all 1,789 poems by Emily Dickinson. The event, which is sponsored annually by the Emily Dickinson Museum, will take place from 7 a.m. to approximately 11 p.m. at the Dickinson Homestead. All are welcome to participate in the free event as a reader, a listener, or both! Stay for just a single poem or join us for the entire day.

A Visit with Anne Sexton and E.E. Cummings

(From Forest Hills Cemetery) Join us for a pilgrimage to the gravesites of two of the most famous American poets of the 20th century – Anne Sexton and E.E. Cummings. Along the way, we will read their poetry and see contemporary art inspired by their work, decode Victorian symbolism and view elegant 19th-century sculpture, and hear the stories of some of the other notables buried at Forest Hills during a walk led by the Trust’s Director Cecily Miller and Program Coordinator Jonathan Clark. $9

Historic Grand Tour Report Now Online

The initial report of the historic Dead Poets Grand Tour 2010 is now online.

It chronicles all the places visited and the names of the poets read. From the Report: 

"We started on Shakespeare’s birthday, in Portland, Maine, the 23^rd of April, and we ended with a bang 6,500 miles later at the first Boston Poetry Marathon, May 25th. During those 34 days, and with the cooperation of 13 current and former State Poets Laureate, we held a Dead Poets Bash in 19 different States and visited 43 cemeteries!

The Grand Tour map can be accessed at the top left corner of the Dead Poets Society of America blog:  http://deadpoets.typepad.com/dpsablog/  

The other readings and interviews we held at poets’ graves and houses were really great as well, including the Lorine Niedecker home, the Carl Sandburg home, the E.L. Masters home, the Sidney Lanier house, The Virginia Military Institute, The Poe Museum, the Longfellow House and the Woodberry Poetry Room, at Harvard.

All totaled we visited the graves of 75 American poets, and heard the amazing poetry of over 100 American poets read. Dedgar and the crew kept up a pace of just over 191.18 miles per day and 2 poets’ graves per day!

The initial report of the historic Dead Poets Grand Tour 2010 is now online.

It chronicles all the places visited and the names of the poets read. From the Report: 

"We started on Shakespeare’s birthday, in Portland, Maine, the 23^rd of April, and we ended with a bang 6,500 miles later at the first Boston Poetry Marathon, May 25th. During those 34 days, and with the cooperation of 13 current and former State Poets Laureate, we held a Dead Poets Bash in 19 different States and visited 43 cemeteries!

The Grand Tour map can be accessed at the top left corner of the Dead Poets Society of America blog:  http://deadpoets.typepad.com/dpsablog/  

The other readings and interviews we held at poets’ graves and houses were really great as well, including the Lorine Niedecker home, the Carl Sandburg home, the E.L. Masters home, the Sidney Lanier house, The Virginia Military Institute, The Poe Museum, the Longfellow House and the Woodberry Poetry Room, at Harvard.

All totaled we visited the graves of 75 American poets, and heard the amazing poetry of over 100 American poets read. Dedgar and the crew kept up a pace of just over 191.18 miles per day and 2 poets’ graves per day!