A Trip To Robert Frost's Farm

In late July Cindy and I traveled to Derry, New Hampshire to see a farm Robert Frost lived on during the turn of the century. The farm has been restored with many artifacts from the time that Frost lived there. The tour was great because the guide really knew a lot about Frost. He had even had talks with Frost's grandchildren. Frost is one of my favorite poets. I have read some about his life. He was an unusual and complex man.

I was able to take some pictures on the inside of the house. You can go to my gallery to look a more pictures. http://gallery.me.com/btcmann. One of his famous poems is called mending wall. If you read the poem and then look at the photos on my gallery, it will help you to better understand the poem. You can see on the farm how they used large stones to mark their property. Even though Frost only lived on this farm for 11 years, many of his more famous poems were thought to have been written about this time.

Many people think of Frost as a nature poet, but he was much more than this. We will spend some time this year studying some of Frost's work.