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poets laureate

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Recent Examples of poets laureate Additionally, the collaboration between municipal poet laureates and the state poet laureate ensures that Connecticut remains culturally rich with a confluence of poetic voices. — Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026

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Guest & host… The language of these kinds of poets, who engage in the exchange between guest & ghost, between revenge & grief, are tremulous inhabitations of the yodel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026

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