THE AMERICAN POETS' CORNER

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
New York NY 10025

Website: www.stjohndivine.org

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Poetry: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave., New York NY 10025. (212)316-7540. Website: www.stjohndivine.org. Initiated in 1984 with memorials for Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Washington Irving. Similar in concept to the British Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, was established and dedicated to memorialize this country's greatest writers. A board of electors chooses one deceased author each year for inclusion in The American Poets' Corner. The Cathedral is also home to the Muriel Rukeyser Poetry Wall, a public space for posting poems, which was dedicated in 1976 by Ms. Rukeyser and the Cathedral's Dean. Send poems for the Poetry Wall to the above address. Designated a National Poetry Landmark by the Academy of American Poets.