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"The Rival" By James Whitcomb Riley

by Walter Skold

Joyce Brinkman reads Riley's poem, The Rival, at the site of the largest poets' grave in the US.

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The Afterlife of Poe

by Walter Skold

Gather around Poe's second gravesite and hear the story of his death and subsequent three burials. Listen in at the first Dead Poets Bash of Maryland, May 21, 2010, as Westminster Hall docent and Poe fan, Lu Ann Marshall, talks about the three different memorials Poe has had, the kinds of things people leave at his grave, and the "pennies for Poe" campaign that led to the construction of his now-famous grave memorial.

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"Buried Alive": The Inspiration for Poe's Horror Stories

by Walter Skold

Join the Dead Poets Grand Tour 2010 at a MIDNIGHT reading, at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe, and hear Westminster Hall docent, Lu Ann Marshall, discuss some of the actual events that influenced Poe's Horror stories. This was taken on May 21, at Poe's grave, on the 1st Dead Poets Bash of Maryland.

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"In the Marble Quarry" By James Dickey

by Walter Skold

Listen as Coleman Barks reads the Dickey poem, "In the Marble Quarry". He is reading at the gravesite of his good friend and fellow Georgia poet, John Ryan Seawright. The graveyard is at the Sunshine Methodist Church, and there is "sunshine" on the grave maker of Mr. and Mrs. Seawright.