poet laureate

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Recent Examples of poet laureate To Lynne Thompson, a former poet laureate of Los Angeles and the current board president of Cave Canem, therein lies the key conceit of the program. Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 This year’s recipients are Steven Spielberg, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker; Temple Grandin, a scientist and autism advocate; Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate; and Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025 It was written by the national youth poet laureate, Stephanie Pacheco, who attends Borough of Manhattan Community College, one of CUNY’s 25 schools. James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Editors’ Picks The Very Territorial Caterpillar The Surprising History of Betty Boop Pacheco was named the New York City youth poet laureate in 2023 and was also designated the first youth poet laureate for New York State. James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for poet laureate
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poet
Noun
  • His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • My heroes weren’t wandering poets enraptured with the sea.
    James Rebanks June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025

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