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poets laureate

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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. — Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026

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But the group had learned of the Phantom Orchestra, a group in Tbilisi, the capital of what is now Georgia, composed of musicians, poets and activists who had been barred from leaving the Soviet Union.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Before scientists formulated their research, poets and naturalists had fathomed features of this intelligence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

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