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• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress — The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. Originally the title was Consultant in Poetry , but that was changed in 1986 to be… …   Wikipedia

• Poet Laureate of New Jersey — The Poet Laureate of New Jersey position was created on October 4, 1999. Gerald Stern was appointed first New Jersey poet laureate on April 17, 2000, by Christie Whitman. The second poet laureate, Amiri Baraka was dismissed after reading his poem …   Wikipedia

• Poet laureate — Laureate Lau re*ate, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur[ e]at. Cf. {Laurel}.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Poet Laureate — A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. The plural form is poets laureate.In England, the term has for centuries been the title of the… …   Wikipedia

• poet laureate — noun 1. a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region she is the poet laureate of all lyricists he is the poet laureate of Arkansas • Hypernyms: ↑poet 2. the poet officially appointed to the… …   Useful english dictionary

• poet laureate — [[t]po͟ʊɪt lɒ̱riət, AM lɔ͟ːr [/t]] poet laureates, poets laureate (plural) N COUNT: usu the N The poet laureate is the official poet of a country. In Britain the poet laureate is paid by the government for the rest of their life. In the United… …   English dictionary

• California Poet Laureate — The California Poet Laureate is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of California. California was the first state to appoint poets laureate.Fact|date=June 2008 In 2001, Governor Gray Davis created the official position. Each poet laureate for… …   Wikipedia

• Poet laureate — Poet Po et, n. [F. po[ e]te, L. po[ e]ta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to make. Cf. {Poem}.] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• poet laureate — n. pl. poets laureate or poet laureates 1. the court poet of England, appointed for life by the monarch, traditionally to write poems celebrating official occasions, national events, etc. 2. the official or most respected poet of any specific… …   English World dictionary

• Poet Laureate — The plural is Poets Laureate, although Poet Laureates is often used …   Modern English usage

• Poet Laureate — ► NOUN (pl. Poets Laureate) ▪ a poet appointed by the British sovereign to write poems for royal and official occasions …   English terms dictionary