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The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. [1] He was the first African-American writer to hold the office.
The position of U.S. poet laureate has been historically vague. Here’s what the poet is actually required to do, the office’s history and who has served in the role.
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) [1] [2] [3] is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age ...
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Smith's term as poet laureate will be from 2024-2026, and her first performance is scheduled to take place at the Flight of the Fireflies Lantern Parade at 7:30 p.m. at Dudley Park on Mar. 16.
Gorman in 2017. Amanda Gorman is an American poet from Los Angeles, California.In 2017, aged 19, she was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. [2] On January 14, 2021, the Inaugural Committee, which was organizing the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., announced that Gorman would be giving a poetry reading at the event on January 20. [3]
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón has revealed her latest poem that will be engraved aboard a NASA spacecraft that will travel billions of miles in space. U.S. Poet Laureate verses are soaring into ...