Mike Jurkovic, published poet, music critic, and Wallkill resident, has been appointed as the 2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate, according to an announcement from Ulster County ...

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

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

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 ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

The role is 27 years old and is managed by Syntax Poetry, who are a collective of poets and creatives based in and around Peterborough. The final had 13 competitors, at the Poet Laureate Award ...

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 ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 ... Africa and North America. Professor Dawes is the recipient of numerous awards and honours ...

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 ...