Marmots aren’t the only local wildlife Sheffield has written about. “I am as much a naturalist as I am a poet,” said ...

Dallas’ poet laureate Joaquín Zihuatanejo at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) This year, Dallas named Mag Gabbert ...

A spoken-word poet whose work explores themes of history and hope, Gibson sees his art as ‘a means of bringing people together,’ governor says ...

Andrew Bell, known as the the Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, sits below a poem by José Montoya, also a former Sacramento Poet Laureate, amid regional artist Troy Corliss’ “Poet’s ...

Birmingham's first Poet Laureate is set to debut a powerful set of poems. Keep reading to learn about this highly-esteemed ...

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” “Mark Turcotte’s work reflects the ...

Nominations for Missouri's next poet laureate are open until June 30. The new poet laureate will serve a two-year term, succeeding current laureate David Harrison. Responsibilities include ...

For Welcome is Orlando’s poet laureate, the city’s second one. It’s a mostly volunteer position that not many cities have and which I admit I was unsure about when Dyer created it in 2017.

For many people, the term Poet Laureate may draw some blank faces, and understandably so, since poetry isn’t something many people are interested in, at least not actively. But there is a deep ...

Massachusetts has a poet laureate for the first time in state history. Regie Gibson, of Lexington, was give the prestigious title today at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem by Gov. Maura Healey and Lt ...

This year, Dallas named Mag Gabbert as the city’s second poet laureate. Gabbert will serve two years in the position and follows Dallas’ inaugural poet laureate, Joaquín Zihuatanejo.