poet laureate

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Recent Examples of poet laureate Audience Award: Documentary Feature Come See Me in the Good Light Director: Ryan White, Producers: Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen (USA 2025, 104) Spoken word icon and poet laureate Andrea Gibson navigates her final tour amid a devastating cancer diagnosis. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025 Comments The application window to become the city’s third poet laureate opened last week and runs through June 30. Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025 Ada Limón reflects on her tenure as the poet laureate U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reflects on her term and the urgency of connecting to nature through poetry. Npr Staff, NPR, 3 May 2025 For Welcome is Orlando’s poet laureate, the city’s second one. Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for poet laureate
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poet
Noun
  • And the obscure poets and thinkers went flying back into oblivion.
    Peter Wortsman July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • According to Greek and Roman legend, Lyra is a harp, or Lyre, given by the god Apollo to the famous poet and musician Orpheus.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025

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