ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. - The appointment of Rockland County's poet laureate is being called a new ... "Poetry can remind us of our shared humanity, guide us to know one another, and learn to ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

whether current or going back to the beginning. When he first talked to Mayor Andy Ezard about being poet laureate, Ezard "kind of just said, ‘I want to honor you in this way’ — which was ...

In partnership with Culture Works, the City of Dayton will soon announce its first poet laureate. A media event is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where the ...

A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The City of Dayton has selected its first-ever poet laureate. Sierra Leona will serve as Dayton’s first poet laureate. Leone is an educator, award-winning producer and ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Healey signed an executive order on Monday creating Massachusett’s first poet laureate role in history ... voice to the unseen, helps us make sense of the unspeakable ...

Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time. “Poets and poetry have had a profound role in our state’s history ...

Poetry has the unique ability to connect us, inspire us, and reflect the heart of our city. We look forward to the ways our Poet Laureate will amplify Dayton’s voices and celebrate our shared ...

Mass Poetry has 12,000 current members and has held its annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival since its inception in 2008. Johnson said he hopes the person chosen as the state poet laureate can ...