-- Meet at a poet's grave;
--Meet in a bookstore or library;
--Make the holiday part of an already-scheduled poetry reading or literary event;
As former Kansas Poet Laureate, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg said: "Long Live our Dead Poets!"
While some past NPRD events have been planned in conjunction with State Arts Agencies, most events take place in conjunction with poetry associations and with the support of State Poets Laureate and groups of like-minded individuals.
Be Creative! Our dead poets were, and they appreciate your concern.
National Poets Remembrance Day takes place on October 7th, or the weekend closest to the 7th if the 7th is a weekday.
As we approach the 5th Annual Dead Poets Remembrance Day events, here is a look back at the historic 1st Dead Poets Remembrance Day celebration that took place at the iconic Frost Farm, in Derry HN.
On the way to the great kick-off event at Edna Millay's house in NY, Dedgar made a stop in Lowell, MA to visit his old buddy Jack Kerouac. Also something there to see and make pictures with.
It is almost the 4th annual National Dead Poets Remembrance Day...Do you know where your Dead Poets are!
Events are being planned across the US and this is a "ground-up" literary holiday, so go ahead and plan your own event and let us know about it so we can post news of it to this blog and add an event on our Facebook page.
On the 1st National Dead Poets Remembrance Day in 2010 there was an
historic gathering of New Hampshire poets at the iconic Frost Farm. The
readings during that celebration were filmed and are now online, at Remembering the Dead Poets of the Granite State.
We have a growing online collection of pictures taken at the graves of NH poets. Feel free to add to the collection with your own pictures!