The Rosenbach

Take Your Poet to Work Day arrives every third Wednesday of July, inviting poetry lovers to celebrate their favorite wordsmiths. Here at the Rosenbach, our favorite poets are already at work with us!

Image 1: Librarian Elizabeth E. Fuller shared her favorite poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins. She says, "I take his work everywhere with me in my head. If I have to pick one poem, today it's 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo'."

Image 2: John C. Haas Director, Kelsey Bates loves "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. First published in his book The Weary Blues with the title "Epilogue", "I, Too" shows a want for equality through patience, whilst going against the idea that patriotism is limited by race. Kelsey says that this poem resonates with her, "It's a poem about what it means to be an American, which is what we are all contemplating during the 250th celebration of our Independence."

Image 3: Assistant Director of Advancement, Autumn McClintock, gets sentimental when thinking about her collection favorite. "I Sing the Body Electric", by Walt Whitman, is from his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass. She admits that Whitman is her first poet crush after seeing Dead Poets Society in middle school.