poet laureate

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Recent Examples on the Web Read Next Local Arts Charlotte’s first poet laureate creates ‘music in language’ through his love of poetry July 06, 2022 10:59 AM Martha Yesowitch is a community partnerships manager at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library More arts coverage Want to see more stories like this? Martha Yesowitch, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024 His appointment coincides with the poetry society’s 50-year anniversary, and he’ll soon be joined by a youth poet laureate. Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024 Ray Davies was one of rock’s great eccentric wits, the poet laureate of London’s dead-end streets, always rooting for the losers and the outsiders. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024 The new poet laureate took the stage at Newlab at Michigan Central in the most Moore way — by poetically thanking officials for her position and reading a poem. Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for poet laureate 

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