Jones, who in 2021 was selected as the youngest and first person of color to serve as Alabama's poet laureate, pointed to that moment as fueling her passion for poetry. "That day, I went home from ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...

Jane Ellen Ibur recites some of her poetry after becoming St. Louis city's third poet laureate, Friday, April 12, 2019, during a ceremony in the rotunda of City Hall. The appointment is a 2-year term.

At the age of 7, Ashley Jones dressed as Harriet Tubman and recited lines of Eloise Greenfield’s poem about the abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad to her second grade class ...

has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.