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Poetry Center
The Poetry Center was established in 1961 and worked to showcase and promote poetry on campus. The Center was composed of faculty, students, and administrators that would bring poets to Trinity's campus. Once here, they would give readings, hold lectures, critique and review student written poetry, and meet with local high school students.
In 1963, the “poet in residence” was introduced. This was when the Center organized for a poet to stay on Trinity's campus for multiple days in order to have more time to hold lecture, give readings, etc. The first poet to participate in this program was Richard Eberhart. Other poets the Center brought to campus include Karl Shapiro, Maxine Kumin, John Berryman, and W.S Merwin.