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In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 photo Charles Skold, of Somerville, Mass., son of poet Walter Skold, sits for a photograph at his home in Somerville. Walter Skold, the late founder of the Dead Poets Society of America can be inducted to the society of fallen bards now that he's a published poet. Skold visited the gravesites of more than 600 poets and one of his criteria was that the subjects had to be published. Now, thanks to two of his children, Charles and his brother Simon, he's becoming a published poet, posthumously, with his poetry book: &quot;The Mirror is not Cracked.&quot; (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Founder of Dead Poets Society is published, posthumously

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

The family of Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, dance and sing around his grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. Skold died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in January 2018, little more than a month after enlisting the son of novelist John Updike to carve a unique grave marker. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Poet laid to rest under unique tombstone he commissioned

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo Walter Skold, left, and gravestone carver Michael Updike discuss the design of Skold's future tombstone, in Newbury, Mass. Skold suffered a heart attack and died in Elkins Park, Pa., on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, where he had recently moved after residing in Freeport, Maine. Skold drew inspiration from his visits to the graves of more than 600 poets for his own tombstone to be carved by the son of novelist John Updike. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Dead Poets Society founder dies after ordering tombstone

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FILE - In this April 20, 2010 file photo, Walter Skold of Freeport, Maine, reads a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem while posing in Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine. Skold, the founder of the Dead Poets Society of America who has visited the graves of more than 600 bards, has commissioned John Updike's son to carve his own tombstone in 2017 in Newburyport, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Someday he’ll join them: Poets Society head gets tombstone

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Walter Skold, right, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, visits the final resting place of notable poet, jazz musician and philosopher Sun Ra at Elmwood cemetery in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, July 10, 2015. The visit marked the 500th grave of a dead poet he has visited since starting his literary journey six years ago. Craig Legg, a Sun Ra fan from Birmingham, reads his poetry aloud. (Tamika Moore/AL.com via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Dead Poets Society founder visits 500th grave

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Maine poet to visit 80 poets’ graves in 11 states

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Maine poet to visit 80 poets’ graves in 11 states

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Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards’ graves

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Remembrance day for dead poets kicks off in Maine

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