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Recent Examples of poets laureateAdditionally, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poets laureate
poets
Noun
These were translations of 19th-century poems by international poets from the 1940s.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Where reality meets urgency What struck me most while editing this anthology was not the poets’ honesty or vulnerability, though both of those qualities were present.