For the last four years, two Upper Falls sisters, Julie and Lisa Leavitt, have mobilized friends, neighbors, local school children, and poets from around the city to create the delightful Martin Poetry Path. The path runs up and down a hill in the Martin Conservation Area on Circuit Avenue in Upper Falls. All along the way there are poems mounted on poles written by Newton poets, and along the ground are painted rocks decorated by Mason Rice 2nd graders
On Sunday, June 9, the 2024 edition of the Martin Poetry Path was unveiled with 20 all new poems. A crowd of about 35 folks turned up for the festivities, including a number of the poets, a few of the Mason Rice students and their teacher Donna Lee Thayer, and of course Lisa and Julie Leavitt.
This year’s poems will remain up for the entire season, so all are invited to head over to Upper Falls and take a walk and read some poems in this lesser known Newton parkland. The Martin Poetry Path is on Circuit Avenue (Directions to the Martin Poetry Path)
The Newton community owes a debt to Lisa and Julie and all the poets and young artists for creating this bit of magic in Upper Falls.
