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Topic: Poet Laureate of the United States

	What is a Poet Laureate?
		Poets Laureate, appointed by the Librarian of Congress, are entrusted with raising the status of poetry in the everyday conscience of the American public.
		In the United States some local Poets Laureate were recognized in their communities in the 19th century but it was not until 1937 that a similar position to that in England was established in America.
		Poet Laureate Robert Haas sought to integrate poetry into the fabric of the community with his "Watershed" conference that united novelists, storytellers and poets to talk about their work.
	oh.essortment.com /whatisapoetl_rlwn.htm (559 words)

	poet laureate on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the United States, the poet laureate is charged with raising “the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.”; An annual position, chosen by the Librarian of Congress, it was instituted in 1937 as the consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress.
		Poet Laureate hailed as one 'of the greats'.(News)
		Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins speaks at the 90th anniversary celebration of Poetry magazine at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, on November 14, 2002.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/poetlaur.asp (859 words)

	Poet Laureate Timeline - Poetry (Library of Congress)
		He was the founding editor of The Fugitive, from 1922 to '25, a magazine of poems published in Nashville by a group of Southern poets.
		Jarrell was known for his essays and poetry criticism, regarded as engaging and dazzling and instrumental in establishing Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and William Carlos Williams as significant American poets.
		He was a poet of traditional verse forms and metric, avoiding the poetic movements of his time.
	www.loc.gov /poetry/laureate.html (918 words)

	Florida's Poet Laureate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Edmund Skellings was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts in 1932, attended Suffield Academy, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with Honors in English in 1957.
		Poet pilots served the far-flung communities of the state of Alaska by private airplane.
		In 1981, Skellings was awarded a United States patent for a computer teaching system based upon the functional use of color on a cathode ray tube.
	www.florida-arts.org /programs/poetlaureate.htm (1521 words)

	California Poet Laureate Official California Poet Laureate Quincy T. Troupe Ina Donna Coolbrith
		She was confirmed as Poet Laureate by the California Senate with Resolution 24, on April 26, 1919.
		Referred to by the Legislature as "The Loved Laurel Crowned Poet of California," this special honor was conferred for the life of the poet and Ina Donna Coolbrith held the position until her death in 1928.
		The California Poet Laureate may, and is encouraged to, coordinate his or her project with any similar project being undertaken by the current United States' Poet Laureate.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/poetlaureate/ca_poetlaureate.htm (1292 words)

	Poet laureate of United States to be UW commencement speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Poet laureate of United States to be UW commencement speaker
		The University of Washington has selected Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the United States, to be the commencement speaker in ceremonies to be held June 10 in Husky Stadium.
		Pinsky's main undertaking as poet laureate is the "Favorite Poem Project," in which he selects a broad cross section of Americans reading aloud their favorite poems, as part of the Library of Congress bicentennial.
	www.washington.edu /newsroom/news/2000archive/04-00archive/k041200.html (484 words)

	Poet Laureate Robert Hass to read works at Centre
		The only duty required of the nation's poet laureate is to present one reading and one lecture per year at the Library of Congress.
		As poet laureate, Hass broadened that role and became a champion for literacy and environmental issues.
		He crisscrossed the United States speaking at Rotary Club meetings and other organizations to raise money to hold conferences such as Watershed, a gathering of writers and environmentalists who teach inner-city kids about the nation's long tradition of nature writing.
	www.centre.edu /web/news/2001/roberthass.html (329 words)

	Encyclopedia: July 29
		The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives.
		The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations.
		Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (born July 29, 1932) represented the state of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/July-29 (9819 words)

	Poet laureate focuses on education - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The new poet laureate of the United States is a soft-spoken retired insurance executive who lives in the Bohemian Alps of southeastern Nebraska and sees his role as an opportunity to inspire teachers to pass along an enthusiasm for poetry.
		I think if a lot of young poets were honest, that that is the motivating force, depending on the gender, girls or boys, but there's something sort of cool about being a poet and romantic, you know, and I was sort of caught up in that," he said.
		Kooser was appointed poet laureate by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who in making the announcement said Kooser "is a major poetic voice for rural and small-town America and the first poet laureate chosen from the Great Plains.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20041005-084252-6043r.htm (1296 words)

	Interview: Poet Laureate Ted Kooser - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ted Kooser, the newly appointed poet laureate of the United States, says he became a poet to impress girls when he was a teenager.
		A poet laureate could just by the nature of celebrity spend a lot time doing readings on campuses and pocketing some pretty nice fees and so on, but that does nothing to increase the audience for poetry because all those people are already reading poems and buying books of poems.
		I think if a lot of young poets were honest, that that is the motivating force, depending on the gender, girls or boys, but there's something sort of cool about being a poet and romantic, you know, and I was sort of caught up in that.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20041005-085422-7900r.htm (3002 words)

	Rita Dove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Born in Akron, Ohio, Rita Dove was educated at Miami University of Ohio, the University of Iowa, and as a Fulbright/Hays fellow at the University of Tubingen, Germany.
		She was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995 and is currently Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
		Rita Dove's term as poet laureate of the United States was testimony to her commitment to "poetry" in the broad sense of the term -- the full tradition of American verse and the diversity of voices within that tradition.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/english/naal5/explore/dove.htm (499 words)

	Library of Congress Press Release: Pinsky Poet Laureate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Poet and essayist Katha Pollitt writes in The New York Times Book Review that The Figured Wheel "will remind readers that here is a poet who, without forming a mini-movement or setting himself loudly at odds with the dominant tendencies of American poetry, has brought into it something new—beginning with his first volume.
		The Poetry and Literature Center administers the series and is the home of the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, a position that has existed since 1936, when the late Archer M. Huntington endowed the Chair of Poetry at the Library of Congress.
		The Poet Laureate suggests authors to read in the literary series, plans other special literary events during the reading season, and usually introduces the programs.
	www.poems.com /offlcpr.htm (967 words)

	CNN.com - Stanley Kunitz named U.S. poet laureate - August 1, 2000
		The new laureate said the appointment came as a great surprise, and he accepted on the assurance that he would not need to move to Washington.
		As poet laureate for a year, he will have an office in the Library of Congress and a salary of $35,000.
		Poets Laureate of the U.S.A. The Academy of American Poets
	archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/08/01/poet.laureate.ap (502 words)

	mjh's Blog: Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States
		America's new poet laureate is Ted Kooser, a retired vice president of Lincoln Benefit Life insurance company in Nebraska [since August 12, 2004]....
		Kooser, he adds, "is a thoroughly American poet laureate." As for the poetry, Collins says it is clear and openhanded.
	www.edgewiseblog.com /mjh/000576.htm (188 words)

	Purchase College - News & Information - News / Press Releases
		Poet Laureates Billy Collins and Robert Hass, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Charles Simic and “New Yorker” poetry editor Alice Quinn will be on the Purchase campus next fall, holding the Shirley and Royal Durst Chair in Literature for 2004.
		An award-winning poet who has written several books of poetry, he is a professor of English at UC Berkeley.
		Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003) is an American phenomenon.
	www.purchase.edu /info/info_news_displaystory.asp?iNewsID=607&strBack=/info/info_newsPress.asp (354 words)

	Paradelle - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A paradelle is a modern poetic form which was invented by United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins as a parody of the villanelle.
		Billy Collins claimed that the paradelle was invented in eleventh century France, but he actually invented it himself to parody strict forms, particularly the villanelle.
		Some poets also missed the parody and took the form seriously, writing their own paradelles.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pa/paradelle.html (311 words)

	Former Columbia Writing Professor Stanley Kunitz Is Named Poet Laureate
		Beginning as a lecturer in English in 1963, he was a professor of Writing in Columbia's School of the Arts from 1968 to 1985, and continues to maintain close ties with the Writing Division as a lecturer and friend.
		In a statement, he said that Kunitz "continues to be a mentor and model for several generations of poets, and he brings uniquely to the office of Poet Laureate a full lifetime of commitment to poetry."
		As Poet Laureate, Kunitz will earn $35,000 a year, maintain an office at the Library of Congress and preside over special occasions--a reading in the fall and a lecture in the spring.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/pr/00/08/stanleyKunitz.html (713 words)

	Ted Kooser, America's National Poet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ted Kooser, the Poet Laureate of the United States, is using his tenure as America's official poet to launch a poetry column, syndicated in newspapers all across the U.S. Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate
		Ted Kooser is Poet Laureate of the United States, chosen by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. to consult on, and promote the art of poetry.
		As Poet Laureate he is able to make that happen, by inviting sometimes-underappreciated poets to read in the Library's literary series and by showcasing their work in his newspaper column.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-29-voa32.cfm (587 words)

	Online NewsHour: Poems Background Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		April 24, 2002 -- A Poem for Spring Former poet Laureate Robert Pinsky recites a springtime verse.
		July 21, 2000 --A Poem for Peace Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United States, recites a poem dedicated to the process of peace.
		December 24, 1998 --Impeachment NewsHour contributor and Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky considers the impeachment of President Clinton.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/poems/poems.html (2784 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| Rita Dove Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Dove, a creative writing professor at Arizona State University, was planning her husband's fortieth birthday surprise party when she received a call from the chair of her department.
		Four years later she was named Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress (she would be renamed Consultant in 1999).
		Though she is no longer the Poet Laureate, Dove still works on that goal today.
	www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org /dove (934 words)

	Poet Laureate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		One of the most famous poets of the Medieval English royal court, Geoffrey Chaucer, was honored with an honorary university degree of Poet Laureate in 1340.
		The post of royal poet evolved into its current model of an official Poet Laureate in 1616 with the appointment of Ben Jonson.
		We also believe this may be the first time that any Library in the United States has independently appointed its own Poet Laureate, although research has not been completed (due to a non-response from certain other Libraries.) I hope that our programs will inspire other locales to create their own Poet Laureate post.
	www.placentialibrary.org /laureate/what.htm (346 words)

	Online NewsHour: Brodsky
		He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in 1991.
		Robert Hass is the current poet laureate of the United States and a professor of English at Berkeley.
		ROBERT HASS, Poet Laureate: (San Francisco) I'd say to begin with, the first of his two books that were published in this country, Jim, a book called A Part of Speech.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/remember/brodsky_1-29.html (1042 words)

	Volume E: American Literature since 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The responsibilities that come with this honor are different from those of the Poet Laureate in England, who holds the honor for life.
		For a term of one to three years, and with no obligation to write poems commemorating royal or state occasions, several American Poet Laureates have sought to bring poetry to a large public, and to enhance the importance of poetry as a cultural practice.
		http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/: As Poet Laureate of the United States, Collins launched Poetry 180, a program for high schools that offers a poem for each of the 180 days of the school year, intended to be read aloud over the public address system after the day’s announcements.
	www.wwnorton.com /naal/vol_E/explorations/collins.htm (334 words)

	Poet Laureate promotes 'events for the ear' \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Collins jokes that the purpose of the poet laureate position is "to put one poet out of commission who seemed to be doing well." In addition to his many speaking engagements, he runs the reading series at the Library of Congress, and he created Poetry 180, a program aimed at high school students.
		Collins, like many poets, sees an ongoing poetry renaissance in the United States, but he's concerned that poetry activities still consist mostly of poets talking to other poets.
		"Poets must put their influences together in ways that are not easily recognized," he warns.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0425/p15s01-bogn.html (1125 words)

	Faster than a speeding quatrain
		SO IT TURNS out that the new poet laureate of the United States has been on the go since Sept. 11, crisscrossing the country on 17 plane trips.
		Strapping on the belt and grabbing up his Laureate Automatic Upgrade badge, he leaves his house and takes the first plane to anywhere in America.
		I will be able to vaccinate others against fear of change with my Syringe of Love." Poets know that love speech is as powerful as hate speech, and is currently legal in all states.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/10/31/DD58349.DTL&type=printable (563 words)

	More info about the poet: Ted Kooser - references bibliography
		Born in Ames, Iowa, in 1939, TED KOOSER is one of Nebraska's most highly regarded poets and the country's newest Poet Laureate of the United States.
		The official web-site for Ted Kooser, 13th Poet Laureate of the United States.
		America's new poet laureate is Ted Kooser, a retired vice president of Lincoln...
	www.poemhunter.com /ted-kooser/resources/poet-10125/page-1 (788 words)

	The Swift Report: Next up for Ashcroft: Poet Laureate?
		Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is a top contender to become the next Poet Laureate of the United States, say insiders.
		It’s the job of the Poet Laureate, who serves for seven months and receives a $35,000 stipend, to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
		Ashcroft’s poetry credentials are based largely on the strength of a single verse, a lyric-ode hybrid entitled “Let the Eagle Soar.” Fans of the former attorney general praise his skillful use of masculine syllable endings and strong end rhymes in “Eagle,” placing him in the tradition of Longfellow, Byron, even Francis Scott Key.
	swiftreport.blogs.com /news/2005/02/next_up_for_ash.html (1525 words)

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