It is the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Robert Frost’s birth this month, 150 years ago the greatest American poet of the 20th century was born in San Francisco, named for a Civil War General, became the voice of New England and then America. 

We all have recited lines from his most famous works while studying in high school or college, “Stopping by Woods,” “The Road Not Taken,” or “Mending Wall.”

The great man viewed poetry as performance art and will forever be linked to the Atlanta area, Decatur, and Agnes Scott College. 

 

Robert Frost on the campus of Agnes Scott College

Poet Robert Frost on the campus of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia

Credit: Courtesy Agnes Scott College Robert Frost Collection

His visits to campus were like concerts.

Highly anticipated, sellouts and legend. 

Mr. Frost once said of his art, “A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. For me, the initial delight is the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew.”

 

A statue of Robert Frost on the Agnes Scott campus

A statue of Poet Robert Frost on the Agnes Scott College Campus in Decatur, Georgia

Credit: GPB

It’s been more than 60 years since the poet laureate made his last visit to Agnes Scott, but in 2024, his Decatur campus footprints are still fresh, those who heard him will never forget the words and voice of Robert Frost.