#poet laureate

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet. ↗

— Rita Dove

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People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable. ↗

— Rita Dove

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I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about! ↗

— Rita Dove

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It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate. ↗

— Rita Dove

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The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank. ↗

— Steven T. Katz

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My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business. ↗

— John Krasinski

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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

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