My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto him on April 22 at City Hall. Before George’s inauguration, ...

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did not exist. The first to fill that position, administered by the Austin ...

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.

AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin named its first-ever poet laureate on Tuesday. Zell Miller III will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin ...

ST. LOUIS – Applications are being accepted for the position of St. Louis Poet Laureate. Poets of all genres and styles will be considered. The public is encouraged to nominate eligible ...

NORWALK – Katherine E. Schneider, who has been appointed as Norwalk's new poet laureate, said she looks "forward to celebrating the power of poetry as a tool for expression, connection and ...

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.