Posted on 11/01/2009 3:20:08 PM PST by re_tail20
CUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine
On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams.
In real life, it's a balding amateur poet who drives around in his "Poemobile," visiting and documenting the graves of dead poets and calling attention to their works.
Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states. Skold boasts that he set a literary land speed record of 1.66 gpd (graves per day) over the course of his 15,000-mile journey.
While his graveside poetry readings — and occasional cemetery sleepovers — evoke the macabre, Skold insists his intentions are honorable.
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What recession?
If you are a poet, your whole life is a recession.
So sorry I let myself waste time watching that movie featuring the annoying Robin Williams. I was dumber then....
Unless that of a loved one, I think visiting a grave site is rather morbid.
Unless that of a loved one, I think visiting a grave site is rather morbid.
Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states. Skold boasts that he set a literary land speed record of 1.66 gpd (graves per day) over the course of his 15,000-mile journey.One of those Halloween stories.
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