Poets laureates of U.S. states
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Many US States have state 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.
Sadly, some also bring disrepute by what they do in office [1] (http://www.weirdrepublic.com/episode40.htm) [2] (http://www.smcm.edu/pointnews/news/amiribaraka.html) and have to be removed [3] (http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_023222632.html).
The following list names incumbents of state Poet Laurentships in those states that have a position so named.
| State | Name |
| Alaska | Anne Hanley |
| Alabama | Helen Norris |
| Arkansas | Verna Lee Hinegardner |
| Colorado | Mary Crow |
| California | Vacant |
| Connecticut | Marilyn Nelson |
| District of Columbia | Delores Kendrick |
| Delaware | Fleda Brown |
| Florida | Edmund Skellings |
| Georgia | David Bottoms |
| Idaho | Jim Irons |
| Illinois | Vacant |
| Iowa | Marvin Bell |
| Kentucky | Joe Survant |
| Louisiana | Brenda Marie Osbey |
| Maine | Baron Wormser |
| Maryland | Michael S. Glaser |
| Missouri | Vacant |
| Nebraska | William Kloefkorn |
| New Hampshire | Marie Harris |
| New Jersey | Interregnum |
| New York | John Ashbery |
| North Carolina | Kathryn Stripling Byer |
| North Dakota | Larry Woiwode |
| Oklahoma | Francine Ringold |
| Pennsylvania | Samuel Hazo |
| Rhode Island | Tom Chandler |
| South Carolina | Vacant |
| South Dakota | David Allan Evans |
| Tennessee | Maggi Vaughn |
| Utah | Kenneth W. Brewer |
| Vermont | Grace Paley |
| Virginia | George Garrett |
| West Virginia | Irene McKinney |
| Wisconsin | Ellen Kort |
| Wyoming | Robert Roripaugh |
There is no such position in Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, or Washington. Hawaii has a state writer.
External links
- Alabama state poet laureate (http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_poet.html)
- California state poet laureate (http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/c/calpoet.shtml)
- Connecticut state poet laureate (http://vvv.state.ct.us/emblems/poet.htm)
- Delaware state poet laureate (http://www.english.udel.edu/fleda/vita.html)
- Georgia state poet laureate (http://www.sos.state.ga.us/state_capitol/education_corner/state_poet_laureate.htm)
- Illinois state poet laureate (http://www.poetrycenter.org/illinoislaureate.htm)