Article: LET POETRY RING OUT IN MONTH OF APRIL.(EDITORIAL)(Column)

Article: Pleasanton searches for its next poet laureate
Oakland Tribune;  April 17, 2007 ;     471 words ...PLEASANTON -- As Cynthia Bryants year as poet laureate comes to an end, the city has begun...hang of it, the time ends. Pleasantons poet laureate program, established eight years ago...Untied States Conference of Mayors. Poet laureate candidates must be Pleasanton residents...

Article: SHOULD STATE HAVE A POET LAUREATE? IT'S WORTH DEBATING.(Editorial)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  August 11, 2000 ;     543 words ......of whether or not Wisconsin needed a poet laureate and quoted a local writer who questioned...committee be formed to name a state poet laureate. The issue continues to stir debate...the one who gave you the scoop on the poet laureate? I have to say I was disappointed in...

Article: A short history of the poet laureate
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 25, 2001 ;     582 words ......why the president hasn't selected a poet laureate. But not all poets who read at inaugurations...more, the president doesn't select the poet laureate. That's up to the Supreme Court. Just...s best-selling poet -- Jewel -- as poet laureate because she wasn't named Bob. At the...

Article: It's Time To Rhyme, Says City Official; Alexandria Mulls Poet Laureate Idea
The Washington Post;  May 14, 2006 ;     549 words ......proposing that the city designate a poet laureate. The honoree would preside at public...wonderful idea for the city to have a poet laureate," Gaines said in an interview. "We...best of who we are." An Alexandria poet laureate would have heady competition just across...

Article: A new chapter in verse ; Portland names its own poet laureate - Martin Steingesser, who brings with him a dash of performance and the desire to draw in those who don't realize poetry can speak to them
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  September 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......chapter in verse ; Portland names its own poet laureate - Martin Steingesser, who brings with...Edition: FINAL Section: Maine Life Poet laureate as growth industry? Sounds funny, but...every year. Yes, there's only one U.S. poet laureate. But 41 of the 50 states have poet...

Article: CITY OF ALEXANDRIA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR POET LAUREATE SEARCH
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 22, 2006 ;     251 words ......deadline for application to become its second Poet Laureate. The selected Poet Laureate will promote an appreciation of poetry as...through poetry. The individual will serve as Poet Laureate for three years and receive a modest honorarium...

Article: Poet laureate has populist aims
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ...It's 10:35 a.m. and Robert Pinsky, poet laureate of the United States, is typing on...indicating the tiny keyboard. The poet laureate greets the digital age. The term "laureate...crown of laurel leaves awarded heroes. "Poet laureate" became a title given to any eminent...

Article: POET LAUREATE SEEKS A WIDER AUDIENCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 8, 1993 ;     507 words ......Cox News Service You're America's new poet laureate, and you face a culture that hasn't...and fleeting celebrity, I believe the poet laureate has the duty to try to reclaim lost...the seventh writer to be designated poet laureate and consultant in poetry to the Library...

Article: Why General Pinochet's a better bet than Jeremy Clarkson He'd be the first Poet Laureate to have written about specs; this would appeal to the Queen
The Independent - London;  December 1, 1998 ;     627 words ......SPECULATION over the identity of the Poet Laureate has not exactly hotted up, but it has...if Zephaniah were to be nominated Poet Laureate, he might well insist on doing live...the Queen. He would also be the first Poet Laureate to have written extensively about wearing...

Article: State poet laureate? Finally it's a pretty good bet
Yakima Herald-Republic;  February 23, 2007 ;     468 words ......new bill that would establish a state poet laureate is just a few steps short of merging...House Bill 1279, establishing the poet laureate program, passed with an overwhelming...Karen Bonaudi, co-chairwoman of the Poet Laureate Committee, which supports the bill...

Article: Mayor seeks to make writer's post official Belfast may formally induct poet laureate
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  June 19, 2007 ;     562 words ......create the formal position of Belfast poet laureate. For the past several years, Hurley...himself to informally designate a city poet laureate, but now he has requested the council...wrote the council. "When I started this poet laureate thing with no authority, it was done...

Article: On Baraka as state poet laureate
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 17, 2002 ;     493 words ...00-00-0000 On Baraka as state poet laureate Date: 10-17-2002, Thursday Section...responsible writer, especially the poet laureate of New Jersey, should have the professionalism...before making statements. Since the poet laureate is assumed to have credibility, there...

Article: N.J.'s Poet Laureate Counters Trend
AP Online;  October 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Amiri Baraka, New Jersey's politicized poet laureate, is as harmless as a nursery rhyme...allegedly anti-Semitic verse, is that a poet laureate is actually making news. I think that...action, Stanley Kunitz, 2000-2001 U.S. Poet Laureate, said in a recent interview. New Jersey...

Article: ISU professor may be state's poet laureate
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  October 18, 2003 ;     422 words ......the prestigious post of Illinois poet laureate. Officials at Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office said the poet laureate should be named within the next...well- qualified for the position of poet laureate, I am extremely honored to be nominated...