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Weir Farm by Marilyn Nelson

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November 1, 2016
 

Weir Farm

 
Marilyn Nelson

About This Poem

 

"Weir Farm National Historic Site is the legacy of American Impressionist painter J. Alden Weir and his family and circle. Designed and preserved by artists, Weir Farm is the only national park dedicated to American painting and to the rediscovery of the beauty of light and color in everyday life."
—Marilyn Nelson

 

Marilyn Nelson is the author of The Meeting House (Antrim House, 2016). A former Poet Laureate of Connecticut, she lives in East Haven, Connecticut.

 

Photo credit: Curt Richter Photography 

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The Meeting House

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Imagine Our Parks with Poems

 

This poem was commissioned by the Academy of American Poets and funded by a National Endowment for the Arts Imagine Your Parks grant. Imagine Your Parks grants celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service and the 50th anniversary of the NEA by supporting projects that use the arts to engage people with the memorable places and landscapes of the National Park System in 2016. Read more poems about our National Parks.

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