The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time.

Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the honorary position, which is intended to promote poetry and creative ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...

the Northampton poet laureate from 2017 to 2019. "Whenever folks are in an extreme situation, even people who don't ordinarily read poetry, go to poetry — for solace or celebration or protest ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, beginning in ...

The King has awarded His Majesty's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2024 to a distinguished poet who arrived in Britain as a refugee ... at the suggestion of the poet Laureate John Masefield, recognises ...

In partnership with Culture Works, the City of Dayton will soon announce its first poet laureate. A media event is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where the ...

People aged 10-18 are invited to enter a competition to become Worcestershire's Young Poet Laureate. It is hoped the project will celebrate the poet's life and attract more visitors to Millom.

Applications are open to find Worcestershire's next Young Poet Laureate, with those aged 10-18 invited to submit poems on the theme of "courage". The winner will be announced in April. The latest ...