For the Futurians

Rime: Stories About Poetry

Rime: Stories About Poetry
For the Futurians
Oct 28, 2020 Episode 3
MJ Millington

What would you include in a time capsule? Any favorite poems come to mind? They didn’t for the executives of Westinghouse, who created a time capsule for the 1939 World’s Fair that was meant to last 5000 years, but didn’t even include Shakespeare. Don’t worry, though—some poetry found its way inside the time capsule in spite of them, and what’s there holds some surprises.