 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Snap poetry quiz.(Editorials)(And the new U.S. poet laureate is ....)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 6/15/2006; 465 words
; ...Register-Guard Quick, name the next poet laureate of the United States. Don't know? That's OK. The name of the current poet laureate will suffice. Still stumped? How about the name of the first U.S. poet laureate? And who decides who gets to be...
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A Parliamentary Poet Laureate.(bill creates Office of Parliamentary Poet Laureate)(poet George Bowering appointed)
Magazine article from: Canadian Parliamentary Review; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...create the office of Parliamentary Poet Laureate was given Royal Assent. The idea...The parliamentary tradition of a poet laureate goes back 400 years. The first...tradition of having a national poet laureate. This applies in the United States...
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Strangers may run: the nation's first woman poet laureate. (Mona Van Duyn) (Poetry Today)
Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...or anglo- or botanical-sounding poet laureate, the U.S. Congress (or was it...capricious or meritorious; why a woman poet laureate arrived. But why Van Duyn? Perhaps...the timing of our first woman poet laureate. Before she was chosen, Van Duyn...
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 "Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)")
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You could be city's next Poet Laureate.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 10/3/2007; 201 words
; ...its search for the city's 10th Poet Laureate, an honorary role first created in 1998. The Poet Laureate works with the library service...would do during their year as Poet Laureate and include a brief plan as part...
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Just for a riband. (appointment of the first poet laureate of the U.S.)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/28/1986; 198 words
; THIS MONTH the first poet laureate of the United States will...at least one person; a poet laureate is a man who writes poetry...find a decent American poet who will admit to being...idea creepy. Of course, a laureate will be found, and he...
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Searching for next poet laureate.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 11/14/2006; 248 words
; ...drawn up to find Peterborough's Poet Laureate for 2007. Peterborough City Council...poems for special occasions. Our Poet Laureate programme is an excellent way...Radio Cambridgeshire and current Poet Laureate Mr Summon. n For more information...
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A MAJOR MINOR POET: Billy Collins isn't just funny.(poet laureate)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 1/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; Billy Collins being named poet laureate was good news to me, yet I think the...stanzas. It's the interplay between the poet's fantasticality and the precise meters...Charles Schultz rather than any other poet. Collins's recent volume of new and...
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Troupe named California's first Poet Laureate. (Convisions).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 7/29/2002; 124 words
; ...Jolla, was recently named California's official Poet Laureate. Troupe, accomplished poet and writer with over 200 publications worldwide...1980 and 1990 and Peabody Award in 1991. As Poet Laureate, Mr. Troupe will provide a minimum of six poetry...
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 "Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England)")
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Poet laureate visits old school.
Newspaper article from: Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England); 12/4/2007; 142 words
; A VISIT from Poet Laureate Andrew Motion inspired pupils at Maidwell Hall Boarding School to...every boy in the school for writing a poem to a high standard. The Poet Laureate would be proud of his old school.
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California's 1st poet laureate. (Newsmakers).(Quincy Troupe)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 7/1/2002; 113 words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Poet Quincy Troupe, 62, laughs at a youngsters...sworn-in as California's first official poet laureate at the Capitol in Sacramento. Troupe...is one of 24 states with an official poet laureate.
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