The view from the ridge where Poet's Seat Tower is situated was an inspiration for the local poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman. A marker on Poet's Seat Tower was installed by the Greenfield Kiwanis Club in honor of the poet. The marker is inscribed:
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Frederick Goddard Tuckerman was born in Boston, MA. He attended Boston Latin School, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School where he graduated in 1842 and was admitted to the bar. In 1847 he moved to Greenfield, MA, abandoned the practice of law and devoted his time to writing poems and studying the natural world.
During his lifetime Tuckerman's wrote five series of sonnets that were collected into a single volume,Poems published in 1860. Tuckerman was a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly and wrote a hymn for the dedication of the Green River Cemetery. The rest of Tuckerman's poems were published after his death. Many of his poems were discovered and published in 1931. His longest and arguably his best poem "The Cricket” was not published until 1950. |