Combining my love of travel with poetry, I bring you a reference of places dedicated to a poet and institutions celebrating the art of poetry.
Père LaChaise in Paris, France
Where Oscar Wilde and poet/rock icon Jim Morrison are buried, along with French poet, Guillaume Apollinaire; Belgian poet, Georges Rodenbach; and Guatemelan poet, Miguel Angel Asturias
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Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey, England
Where Chaucer, Lord Tennyson and Edmund Spenser are buried.
I have been here!Photo by Amy-Leigh Barnard on Unsplash
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The Langston Hughes House in Harlem, New York City
A historic brownstone residence and museum honoring the “A Dream Deferred” poet. Have a look inside
Tomb of Dante, Ravenna, Italy
Discover the “hide and seek” story behind Dante’s remains here! Located in the town centre
Photo by Lorenzo Turroni on Unsplash
Tomb of Virgil, in Naples, Italy
Virgil is buried in a Roman style vault, in the Piedigrotta district
The Protestant Cemetery, Rome
Two stones in one resting place. Poets Keats and Shelley are buried here
The English Cemetery, in Florence, Italy
Where Elizabeth Barrett Browning and other poets are buried.
Explore it at Atlas Obscura
The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts
Preserving the poet’s official home. Festivals and workshops are offered throughout the year.
The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire
Serving as a historic house museum and center for Robert Frost. The location was his farmhouseRural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry in Locust Grove, Oklahoma
A quirky space with rotating exhibits for fun wordplay
The Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia
Preserving the home of Edgar Allan Poe. Includes an interpretive center, Poe’s private collections, readings and much morePhoto by Dominic Chasse on Unsplash Morgan Library and Museum in New York City
A venue that hosts several poetry and other writer exhibitions, like those of Gwendolyn Brooks, Oscar Wilde and William BlakeWaverley Cemetery in Sydney, Australia
Modeled after Père LaChaise. Poets buried here include the major Aussie poets named Henry: Lawson and KendallThomas A Beckett Churchyard in Heptonstall, England
Sylvia Plath is buried at this cemetery in Yorkshire, ancestral home of her
husband, poet Ted Hughes. See extended video hereIsla Negra, Chile Pablo Neruda
Honoring Pablo Neruda’s life and legacy. You Tube page (in Spanish)
16. Museum of African Poetry, Ghana
Poetry is described on the MAP site as “Livin’ tissue”. Thriving pieces of physical and oral poetry are well preserved at this institution. Represented by Ghanian creatives and poets of other African groups. Located in Accra
17. Li Bai’s Tomb, Anhui Provence, China
Considered the greatest poet of China, Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty is
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Piccolo Museo della Poesia (Little Museum of Poetry) in Piacenza, Italy Recognized as the first museum in Europe dedicated to poetry
St. Oswald’s Churchyard (William Wordsworth’s grave) in Grasmere, England
Tour the grounds of English master poet, Wordsworth in picturesque Lake District. See garden and gravestone. I have been here!
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
This is legendary William Shakespeare’s hometown. The famous poet rests in the Church of the Holy Trinity. I have been here!The Island of Ios (for Homer’s Tomb), Greece
A gorgeous Greek destination for Homer, who wrote The Iliad. There is no official burial spot of his exact resting place but one can appreciate the entire island as his remembrance place
American Poetry Museum, Washington D.C.
Promoting exhibits and education of poetry and use of poetry in visual arts, inclduing photography, video and still art pieces
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Fun list! When I was working on my B.A. at UMass Amherst, I visited Emily Dickenson's grave.
Great feature for National Poetry Month, Marinarena!