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Celebrating and uplifting the official poets of our communities who celebrate and uplift all of us! | Not linked to any government organization | also on IG & Threads at @poetslaureate.us | linktr.ee/poetslaureate
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There's still time to register for the Poetry & Yoga Mini-Retreat led by Shannon Cody and I on Sunday, 23 March! Join us!!

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February 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The fires postponed the MLK Day of Service to yesterday morning at the West Hollywood Elementary School. I’m thankful that I got to share these two poems to the great group of volunteers yesterday showing up for community service. #jamesbaldwin #communityservice
February 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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"I believe poetry offers us valuable opportunities to slow down, to reflect, and to extend our empathy, and I’m excited to share these gifts with our whole community.” ~ Dan Rosenberg, The NEW Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, NY

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Tompkins County appoints a new Poet Laureate. Who is he and what are his responsibilities?
Tompkins County appointed its 12th Poet Laureate on Tuesday. Find out who he is and what the position entails.
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February 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Wonderful news! Janet is such a champion of the poetry community😍 #NewWestminster #PoetLaureate
New Poet Laureate announced Janet Kvammen has been appointed as the next Poet Laureate (2025-2027) for the City of New Westminster. Janet is a local poet and visual artist, Vice-President of New West Artists, and President and founding board member of the Royal City Literary Arts Society. She is the recipient of the 2023 Bernie Legge Artist of the Year awarded by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. Janet has a passion and enthusiasm for, and deep and long-standing connection to, the local literary arts community. Through the course of her three-year term Janet will serve as a literary ambassador for the City, presenting readings at civic events reflecting on the life of the city and developing opportunities to engage the wider community to participate in and appreciate the literary arts.
February 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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The City of Hickory, North Carolina, is launching their poet laureate program! Applications due March 31st.

#poetlaureate #hickorync #poetry
Hickory Launches New Poet Laureate Program - WHKY
The City of Hickory Library Advisory Board is promoting literacy and communal appreciation of poetry by selecting a poet laureate as part of a new Poet Laureate Program. The Poet…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Three cheers for Mike Jurkovic, the NEW Poet Laureate of Ulster County, NY! 👏 👏 👏
mjpj55.bsky.social Mike Jurkovic @mjpj55.bsky.social · Feb 5
Considering the truly gifted poets&writers who make Hudson Valley, their home&muse I am humbled at the privilege of being selected Ulster County Poet Laureate2025. Most gracious thanks to my friends & peers Arts Mid Hudson & Ulster County.Hope to see you all along the road and @Calling All Poets.
February 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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One of my poems up on #TheMilkHouse. Big thank you to editor Ryan Dennis. Read the others here: www.themilkhouse.org/i-confess-an... #ohiopoetlaureate
February 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This week.
See you soon! 🙌🏽💛🌻

Details at AmandaJohnston.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Poet Laureate and Beyond 2024
A retrospective of a poet laureate’s end of term
a memoir essay by Wendy Van Camp
Found on #medium
medium.com/@wvancamp/po...

#essay #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writers #poetlaureate #poetrycommunity #poets #poetry #sfpoetry
February 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Congratulations to @ShellyConley, newly inaugurated Milwaukee Public Library 2025-2026 Poet Laureate! #mpl #poetlaureate #poetry #libraries #milwaukee
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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This is the LAST WEEK to snag early bird pricing for Sowing Seeds: Creating Intention Through Poetry & Yoga, the one-day mini-retreat led by Shannon Cody and I!

Details and registration here: courtneyleblanc.com/poetry-yoga-...
February 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Looking forward to seeing who Sedona chooses as their inaugural poets laureate!
City prepares for poets laureate - Sedona Red Rock News
Changes are planned for several of the ways in which the Sedona City Council shows support for the arts in Sedona following discussions on Dec. 12, the second day of council’s annual priority retreat,...
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February 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Today's find on Bsky is West Hollywood City Poet Laureate @jencvoice.bsky.social's holiday poetry hotline. Phone the library in Dec. to hear recorded poems and on Dec 21st to request live personalized poems!

Check out @poetslaureate.bsky.social for more #poetry links.

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jencvoice.bsky.social Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Dec 8
Taught the poetry workshop yesterday at our #library, full of curious + caring students. Call from anywhere to our West Hollywood Poetry Pharmacy hotline 24/7 this month to hear recorded poems from our Poets Laureate. Get live operators answering your calls on Dec 21st 2pm-5pm Pacific. 310.853.3952
December 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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SUCH A JOY to be selected for the 2024 Gift Guide for Book Lovers by Southern Literary Review! See the entire list here: southernlitreview.com/reviews/9777... #ohiopoetlaureate #EastOverPress
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December 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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I won’t ever stop advocating for kids or color who haven’t been exposed to the arts. They are not dumb, they aren’t without class- they just know the world differently than you. I teach them and I know I am building them up to be a better reader and writer than I ever was.
December 11, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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Ya girl as one of the featured readers today at Ford’s Colony Country Club for The Poetry Society of VA; + met new VA Poet Laureate Mattie Quesenberry Smith 🪴 Read from my new book CAULBEARER @blacklawrence.bsky.social 💕
It’s always a glowy afternoon if it’s got poets and poetry in it.
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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“Food poetry isn’t about food. Food is about culture. Food is about language. Food is about gatherings, spaces, and your family. Food is about history and trauma.’’ ~ Eddie Vega, Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX @eltacolico.bsky.social

#poetlaureate #sanantonio #foodculture #poetry
San Antonio poet laureate hosts writing workshop on food form poetry | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | TAMUSA
San Antonio Poet Laureate Eduardo Vega engaged with students last week how freshly baked sweet bread can explore deep messages of religion and culture in poetry. Vega narrated Texas Poet Laureate Jess...
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December 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Town of Chapel Hill Seeking Applicants for Next Poet Laureate
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Town of Chapel Hill Seeking Applicants for Next Poet Laureate - Chapelboro.com
The Town of Chapel Hill's current poet laureate, Cortland Gilliam, will have his term expire at the end of the year.
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August 13, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Congrats to @melidarodas.bsky.social and thanks to
@edvigegiunta.bsky.social for mentoring her! I love that more and more cities and towns have poet laureates.

#poetry #poets #poetlaureate
edvigegiunta.bsky.social Edvige Giunta @edvigegiunta.bsky.social · Dec 3
When you have the privilege to say you were once the memoir teacher of two Jersey City Poet Laureates: Rashad Wright (2018-20) and now Melida Rodas. Yes, memoir and poetry have great conversations. www.nj.com/hudson/2024/...
Meet the new Jersey City Poet Laureate | Spotlight
Melida Rodas recalls life as an immigrant and remembers those who inspired her journey to being named Jersey City's new poet laureate.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Attention WA State poets: Nominations are open for the Washington State Poet Laureate for 2025-2027. Applications are due December 6th.

Apply and may the force be with you!

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#WashingtonState #PoetLaureate
Washington State Poet Laureate - ArtsWA
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November 21, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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I was searching for poets laureate of Mississippi towns, learned that Natchez, MS, has a new poet laureate! Congratulations to Joyce Washington Ivery!

#poetlaureate #poetry #natchez #mississippi
Mayor names new poet laureate, honors retirees - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — Natchez flags were at half-staff Tuesday in honor of former Natchez banker and long-time city clerk Donnie Holloway. Holloway was buried today in N...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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“Don’t be afraid of poetry. Poetry has its role in how we think about the world, and especially at times when people need hope and vision and tenacity that can be found in poetry.” ~ Heid E. Erdrich, Poet Laureate of Minneapolis, MN

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Minneapolis poet laureate Heid E. Erdrich presents official poem to the city
Heid E. Erdrich was honored at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Thursday for her time as poet laureate. She presented her community-inspired poem, “Poem for Minneapolis/Bde Óta Othúŋwe/Gakaab...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Here is what's billed as Minneapolis's first official poem.

Poem for Minneapolis
Bde Óta Othúŋwe/Gakaabikaang

by Heid E. Erdrich

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1- Biboon/Waniyetu/Winter This is the city dreaming in its original language. Dakota home mapped on astronomical planes so streets still chart the stars, tell us where to be in each season. River at spring equinox, sun up. Lake at fall equinox, sun down. Winter quiets us makes the perfect place to listen to hear one another. This is the city dreaming into frozen spaces in a bare year, silence broken by wishes: calling for ceasefire, calling down the snow, calling for a safe place, a home. 2- Ziigwan/Wetú//Spring This is a city waking without enough rest. Franklin Avenue charts the stars, spring equinox - sunrise at the river. Too warm, but yeah, sometimes it snows in April. We howl in the streets for the Wolves while encampments pop up here and there, guns pop here, someone’s shot there. Still, on Earth Day a child says every day the city is “a kid and mom on a bike.” Bde Óta Othúŋwe, your people say you are green, alive, busy, sirens, traffic, separate, divided, diverse, better together. Gakaabikaang, you are: eagles over the river, community care, dog walking, good coffee, creative grit, sacred space. City of Lakes, you are also your river, springs and creeks. 3- Niibin/Bdóketu/Summer Rain rain rain Green green green Construction season again and the traffic’s insane –whatever it takes for the bike and bus lanes. Gakaabikaang, your people want solutions, peace, safety, homes, houses, help for unhoused relatives, trees, trees, trees, bike lanes, theater, community, peace, peace, peace, peace, togetherness, peace, peace. Rain rain rain Green green green The Poet Laureate trips on the Library of Congress steps breaks her arm. Her cast is green. Kids sign it with their ideas for poems to match: A luna moth, a tree, an inchworm, a horsetail fern, and the greenest possibilities. In the wildflower garden, near Medicine Spring, we poets sang to the moon and listened to Minneapolis say what her people need: truth, teens and elders united, the will to help, a middle class, garden farms, fewer boundaries, art as healing, humility, mutual respect, fewer fences, deeper connection, peace. 4- Dagwaagin/Ptaŋyetu/Fall The Ave charts the stars. Fall equinox, sun sets at Cedar Lake, but at Four Sisters market, in abundance, your people say never forget: Dakota homeland, Pride, Prince, change, the uprising, May Day Parade, American Indian Movement, the birthplace of AIM. In North Minnie, poets read old maps Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ/Bassett Creek Bde Maka Ska, Mni Owe Sni/Cold Water Spring. “Manoominike” atop Northeast tells us Ojibwe worked wild rice there, long before Anoka. Near Owamni we feel creeks and springs flow under streets to the base of Stone Arch without ever seeing daylight. City of Lakes, you are also your river, creeks and springs. Elders Southside tell us to remember: street cars, historic sites, Aquatennial, a spirit of gratitude, how we came together, George Floyd and May Day. They say Minneapolis could slow down, be more honest, kind, courageous, listen more with heart and joy. The city, they say, needs a sense of humor. Maybe, this year, we need a nap? We all feel winter coming on and we want our hibernation. When the city sleeps, what does it dream? Bde Óta Othúŋwe/Gakaabikaang/Minneapolis in our future we see: more trees, green space, justice, health, wonder or horror, creativity, BIPOC leaders, fewer phones, more immigrants, compassion, love, welcome for all and “Robots speaking Dakota.” When the city dreams in seasons what does it learn? Listen to the city dreaming, calling us home in many languages. Listen to the city flowing, dreaming, moving toward its chorus learning its multiple and singular voice.
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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“fine we thought we’re done with dying”

Heid E. Erdrich
February 6, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Poet Baseball Cards
Series D Card #12/20

Heid E. Erdrich ​

Poet Baseball Cards thanks Osage Arts Community. OAC provides residencies for ar tists of all types in the Ozarks of Missouri.

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December 14, 2023 at 3:14 AM