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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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Mulzet, the translator of most of the Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s novels (notably inclined to apocalypticism), has now collected these ten poets, working with six other translators, partly to correct the impression that the country’s female poets are few and far between.—
Ange Mlinko,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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But as Ticktin’s verse reminded me, bad poets gotta poet.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Poets laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poets%20laureate. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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