From Linda Harris at The Decatur Minute…

The Dead Poets Society of America and Georgia plan to have a poetry reading in the Decatur Cemetery on Wednesday, May 12 at 2 p.m. The reading is part of a nationwide 2010 tour and will be the 1st historic Georgia Dead Poets event.

The event will take place at the gravesite of Thomas Holley Chivers in the old historic section off Commerce Avenue. Thomas Holley Chivers, October 18, 1809 – December 18, 1858, was an American doctor-turned-poet from Georgia. He is best known for his friendship with Edgar Allan Poe and his controversial defense of the poet after his death.

For more on Chivers, check out his Georgia Encyclopedia entry.  For more on the event, CLICK HERE.

To check out the Dead Poets Grand Tour route, to see where they’ve been and where they’re going, CLICK HERE.