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Recent Examples of poet laureate
The city is also considering reviving the poet laureate initiative, and staff have talked about doing a youth poetry slam, Mullins said.
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Colorado’s former poet laureate Andrea Gibson confronts the final stretch of their four-year cancer battle with wife Megan Falley in Come See Me in the Good Light.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
Capó-García, who is originally from Puerto Rico, was named San Diego’s latest poet laureate in February 2025.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Montoya was Sacramento’s poet laureate from 2002 to 2004.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Colorado’s former poet laureate Andrea Gibson confronts the final stretch of their four-year cancer battle with wife Megan Falley in Come See Me in the Good Light.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
Capó-García, who is originally from Puerto Rico, was named San Diego’s latest poet laureate in February 2025.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Montoya was Sacramento’s poet laureate from 2002 to 2004.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poet laureate
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The event features multiple panels and workshops with poets, children’s authors, sci-fi novelists, illustrators, comics artists and more, plus a marketplace showcasing dozens of Colorado writers.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Under the Zagros Mountains outside Shiraz, a family of Iranian nomads and their reticent sons investigate the disappearance of twelve sheep while navigating their flock through the modern city of poets in this dreamy documentary.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
Noun
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Thundercat is the bard of absurdist masculinity.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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And maybe one of those records was… The bard of New England dares to get meaningful on this two-part song, which begins by pondering the mysteries of time and ends with a singalong ode to seasonal renewal.—
Brett Milano,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The film shows us that Sam, the offstage muse, is an awesome creator as well.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Apr. 2026
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By contrast, the French word for scarcity, rareté, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engagé, écarté, and retardé leading the pack.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
23 May 2022
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“Poet laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poet%20laureate. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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