List of U.S. states' Poets laureate
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Many US states have posts occupied by prominent poets and entitled Poet Laureate of .... The responsibilities are typically similar to those of the Poet Laureate and the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
Most holders of the these titles reach pre-eminence by public competition, and use the office responsibly to further the knowledge and enjoyment of poetry and the written word by citizens of the states in which they hold office.
Laureates have occasionally been controversial; former New Jersey laureate Amiri Baraka refused to resign after a controversy over a poem, and so New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey abolished the position of poet laureate.[1]
The following are the Poets Laureate of their respective states:
There is no such position in Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Washington. Hawaii has a state writer.
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- ^ weirdrepublic.comsmcm.edukyw.com
- ^ Alabama Poets Laureate. Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2005-04-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
- ^ STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols; Connecticut State Register & Manual; retrieved on January 4, 2007
- ^ Kloefkorn has the title of Nebraska State Poet. John Neihardt is the Poet Laureate of Nebraska, a title that was permanently bestowed upon him in 1921.
