Stanley's House

The late Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate of the United States in 2000, wrote many poems about growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the house in which he lived as a child. Some of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s most memorable poetry illuminates his family, the search for his father who committed suicide six-weeks before he was born, his house, the neighborhood and his sense of place in Worcester. The 1918 classic Worcester three-decker house in which he lived now bears a plaque proclaiming the site's importance in Stanley Kunitz's life while growing up.My name is Tobe Carey. I’m a filmmaker, and I also grew up in Worcester at 4 Woodford Street! From the 2nd grade on I lived there until going to college in 1960. All during my childhood my grandparents lived on the second floor, and usually other close relatives were in the top-floor of the stucco building. My parents continued to live there until the house was sold in 1975. Up until a few years ago I knew nothing about Stanley Kunitz's