poet laureate
noun
plural poets laureate or poet laureates
1
: a poet honored for achievement
2
a
: a poet appointed for life by an English sovereign as a member of the royal household and formerly expected to compose poems for court and national occasions
b
: a poet appointed annually by the U.S. Library of Congress as a consultant and typically involved in the promotion of poetry
3
: one regarded by a country or region as its most eminent or representative poet
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Nandi Comer, a poet laureate whose billboard project includes excerpts from Michigan poets and a QR code directing readers to the state library's website, is among 22 poets who will receive a $50,000 grant through the Poet Laureate Fellowship Program, the Academy of American Poets announced.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
In July 2022, she was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States—the first Latina to be awarded the seat—by the Library of Congress.
—Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
The book was a sensation: The poet laureate, Alfred Tennyson, loved it, and Prince Albert read it aloud to Queen Victoria.
—Brenda Wineapple, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
Becoming Little Shell: Returning Home to the Landless Indians of Montana, by Chris La Tray
$26 at Amazon
Montana poet laureate Chris La Tray’s father wanted no part of his Chippewa heritage.
—Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
In July 2022, she was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States—the first Latina to be awarded the seat—by the Library of Congress.
—Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
The book was a sensation: The poet laureate, Alfred Tennyson, loved it, and Prince Albert read it aloud to Queen Victoria.
—Brenda Wineapple, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
Becoming Little Shell: Returning Home to the Landless Indians of Montana, by Chris La Tray
$26 at Amazon
Montana poet laureate Chris La Tray’s father wanted no part of his Chippewa heritage.
—Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
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