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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.
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Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poets laureate
poets
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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For the film, Waters interviewed Stephen Colbert, director John Waters (no relation to Sasha Waters), and many poets who admire Oliver’s writing.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Poets laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poets%20laureate. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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