The Poets Estate is a 1970s residential area of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It lies to the east of the town centre, based around St Michael's Road and the surrounding roads, which are named after famous British poets. There is a primary school (Mary Exton JMI) and a community centre called St Michael's Mount.
Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 0°15′20″W / 51.95000°N 0.25556°W / 51.95000; -0.25556
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“The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them. They have only been read as the multitude read the stars, at most astrologically, not astronomically.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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