Key West Heritage House Museum Events

 

2009 Robert Frost Poetry Festival

The 15th Annual Robert Frost Poetry Festival will be held April 15-19th 2009 in the garden of the Key West Heritage House and at selected venues in Key West.

For more information, visit www.robertfrostpoetryfestival.com
 

2006 Robert Frost Festival of Poetry


 

The 12th Annual Robert Frost Festival of Poetry and Poetry workshops was held April 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2006 in the garden of the Heritage House and at selected venues in Key West.

Poet Laureate Robert Frost was a frequent visitor to 410 Caroline Street and wintered in the garden cottage now known as the Robert Frost Cottage. The annual poetry celebration is in recognition of the esteemed poet and serves to encourage other poets who have been inspired by our island city.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2006 Poetry Contest:

1st Elementary School - Ryan Wohlers
2nd Middle School - Jamie Kessler
2nd High School - Victoria Phillips
1st Haiku - Henry Kokenzie

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2005 Robert Frost Poetry Festival

The 11th Annual Robert Frost Festival of Poetry was held April 15 thru 17th, 2005 in the garden of the Heritage House and at selected venues in Key West. For the first time a Haiku workshop conducted by Lee Gurga, editor of Modern Haiku and a Haiku contest were included in the Festival.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2005 Poetry Contest:

Elementary School- Adam Diaz, Key West, FL
Middle School- David Coffin, Big Pine Key, FL
High School- Ray Allshouse, Key West, FL
Adult- Ms. Miriam Polli-Katsikis Islip, NY
Haiku- Ms. Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa

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