Former Poet Laureate Visits for Wayland Reads Poetry

The comments below were submitted by Sally Cartwright

Wayland was entertained March 24 by distinguished poet Robert Pinsky.

Pinsky served an unprecedented three terms as Poet Laureate of the United States, and is currently poetry editor of Slate magazine. 

A turnout of several hundred poetry fans at Wayland Middle school heard Pinsky extol the merits of poetry in contemporary society.   

Some of the comments afterwards:  

- "Yikes! There are more poetry lovers in town than I thought.  Today’s program was terrific – what a great start for Wayland Reads." 

- "Thanks for this  -  we enjoyed Robert Pinsky."

- "I had one call and two emails from my outside Wayland friends who attended today's event. They loved it! I hear it was well attended."

The Next Wayland Reads Poetry event: Collection of favorite poems from all Wayland citizens at: http://www.waylandlibrary.org/waylandreads/poem_project.htm   Thank you for covering Wayland Reads!