The hunt is on for a city's best poet – but writers only have until midnight to put themselves forward for the "once-in-a-life-time opportunity". Syntax Poetry Collective, a committee of ...

Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner. The official post of ‘Poet Laureate’ (laureate meaning crowned ...

LONDON, Feb. 24. -- Alfred Austin, the Poet Laureate, in response to a suggestion from THE NEW YORK TIMES that it would be pleased to publish something from him commemorative of Longfellow's first ...

They may not be able to name a winner, but if you say the words “Nobel Prize” to the person standing next to you—whether you’re in South Carolina or Switzerland—chances are high they’ll know what ...

APPLETON — The city named Cathryn Cofell as its first poet laureate Monday. The appointment of a poet laureate was initiated by Mayor Jake Woodford, who brought the idea to Appleton after ...

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, a distinguished professor, has been named Michigan's third poet laureate. Boyd is an award-winning author with 13 published books and a passion for promoting poetry.

The Tompkins County Legislature appointed Dan Rosenberg as the county’s Poet Laureate on Tuesday evening. Rosenberg is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Cornell University and resides in Ithaca with ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes ... and United States of America (USA). “We want to have a space for poetry, an archive for poetry and ...