poetry garden
October 5, 2023
Poetry garden for ‘food and fellowship’
With the rerouting of campus diners to the Leaf Raker, foot traffic has increased for a new feature on campus: the poetry garden. The Fisher Terrace, dedicated in October 2021, and its poetry garden are located just outside the Leaf Raker. They feature six poems where the pavement meets the flowers, including work from Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Eavan Boland, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Wendell Berry and Seamus Heaney. When asked if he noticed the poetry, Xudong Sun, a senior majoring in computer science, immediately pointed out a favorite poem of his. “The Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver, gave Sun “ideas...