Wednesday, June 17, 2009

wednesday doorway: Bennington, Vermont

the Frost stone


just a few yards
from the burial place of Robert Frost--

a nice neighborhood in which to spend eternity

14 comments:

Janet said...

Many thanks for sharing Robert Frost's resting place. I recently bought "The Poetry of Robert Frost" at a used bookstore here. My volume contains all 11 of his books.

Prospero said...

I had a lover's quarrel with the world - amazing.

Julie said...

Looking at those dates, was RF pre-deceased by four of his children? Marjorie aged 29. Carol aged 38. Elliott not quite 4. And Elinor aged 1 day.

How immensely sad. No wonder he was a man of the soil and the leaf and the field.

Just read Wiki ... and of his 6 children only two outlived him with one dying in the same year.

The quote from him that Wiki uses is "If I had to sum up life in three words it would be life goes on".

Unknown said...

Cemeteries are a great place to feel the wings of history.

Kate said...

Frost's poems in blank verse certainly are easy to teach to all levels of students. A complicated man with an unusual engraving on his gravestone. But it seems so out-of-place on the gravesite of a man who gave so much to the literary world. Wonderful post.

Tanya Breese said...

So sad, reading what Julie wrote....beautiful resting place.

Cezar and Léia said...

Very impressive!
Thanks for sharing!
:-) Léia

VP said...

Thank you for this image, the poetry of Robert Frost is one of my favourite.

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

Lowell said...

You do have a wonderful heritage up there in our northeast!

Rinkly Rimes said...

A lovely blog. I particularly like your kitchen table, with its flowers.

Clueless in Boston said...

Nice doorway and the gate into eternity. Funny, I always associate Frost with N.H. I didn't know he was buried in VT.

Hey, I remember a church near the monument, with the interior painted several different shades of grey. Is it still like that? Sorry, but I don't remember the name of the church.

brattcat said...

Thank you everyone for your great comments. Clueless, I'll dedicate Saturday's post to you and answer your questions then ( :

PJ said...

What a beautiful, beautiful monument. I believe that is the only horizontal headstone I've ever seen that I like.

slim said...

This is a great post, Brattcat. I'm curious what his connection to Bennington was. I'm surprised he wasn't buried closer to his farm in New Hampshire.

I agree with what Christopher said about visiting cemeteries.