Dead Poets -- Live From The Grave

Joyce Brinkman reads "The Rival"

"The Hoosier Poet", James Whitcomb Riley, had a bigger funeral than Michael Jackson. Hear Joyce Brinkman read his poem "The Rival" from his magnificent hilltop tombstone in Indianapolis.

"The Rival" By James Whitcomb Riley from Walter on Vimeo.

Forty-Three Readings at Poets' Graves Online

We have now posted forty-three (43) videos of readings and adventures from the gravesites of famous American poets. Journey to the graves of Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey, Gwendolyn Brooks, Theodore Roethke, Henry Timrod, Robert Penn Warren, Carl Sandburg and many more.

At the Grave of Robert Hayden

Come have a Sunday-morning sit down at the grave of poet Robert Hayden, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Watch as the gravestones of Hayden and his wife emerge from the surrounding grass and become the setting for Tombstone Art.

"Heaven" By Mary Swander, Iowa Poet Laureate

Wander into the Amish countryside of Iowa and listen to Mary Swander's poem "Heaven." Mary is the Poet Laureate of Iowa.

Ode to the Confederate Dead at Magnolia Cemetery

Hear Poet-Laureate of South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth, introduce the man once called "The Poet-Laureate of the Confederacy," and read the poem Henry Timrod composed for the dedication of the famous Magnolia Cemetery, in Charleston, SC.

Haki Madhubuti reflects on Gwendolyn Brooks

Join the Dead Poets Society for a moving tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks at her gravesite in Chicago. Listen to one of her dear friends and a giant in African-American poet and publishing, Prof. Haki Madhubuti, as he talks about her legacy and reads from her work.

"Reading the Obituaries" By Marilyn Taylor

State Poet Laureate, Marilyn Taylor, reads the obits at breakfast, and as the orange juice goes down the poetic juices come forth.