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The current poet laureate of Alabama is Ashley M. Jones. Alabama has had an official poet laureate since 1930. The Alabama Writer's Cooperative (formerly the Alabama Writers' Conclave), described as "a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets, and newspaper writers" first recommended in 1930 Samuel Minturn Peck to Governor Bibb Graves.
Karl Dewey Myers (1899–1951) was an American poet known during his lifetime for his portrayal of rural Appalachia. He was named the first state poet laureate of West Virginia in 1927, and published two poetry collections, The Quick Years (1926) and Cross and Crown (1951).
The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
RITA (52D: Poet laureate Dove) RITA Dove was the United States Poet Laureate from 1993-1995. She has also served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia (2004-2006). RITA Dove won a Pulitzer Prize for ...
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) [1] [2] [3] is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age ...
Kreger was the first poet laureate of the state to be considered primarily a "cowboy poet,", [2] preceding Eddie Wilcoxen (2011–2012) and Jay Snider (2023-2024). Born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma , [ 2 ] Kreger has spent most of his life as a rancher.
Rios was named Arizona's first state poet laureate in August 2013, a position he continues to hold. [1] [2] [3] Life.
Frank Lebby Stanton (February 22, 1857 – January 7, 1927), [1] frequently credited as Frank L. Stanton, Frank Stanton or F. L. Stanton, was an American lyricist.. He was also the initial columnist for the Atlanta Constitution and became the first poet laureate of the State of Georgia, a post to which he was appointed by Governor Clifford Walker in 1925 and which Stanton held until his death.