Poets Laureate of Maryland
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This is a list of Poets Laureate
of Maryland
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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...
of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
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| Poet Laureate | Term Began | Term Ended | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria B. Coker | 1959 | 1962 | |
| Vincent Godfrey Burns Vincent Godfrey Burns Vincent Godfrey Burns was Poet Laureate of Maryland, from 1962 until 1979.-Life:He graduated from Penn State University in 1916, Harvard University, and Union Theological Seminary in 1922... |
1962 | 1979 | |
| Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton was an American writer and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979–1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland... |
1979 | 1985 | |
| Reed Whittemore Reed Whittemore Edward Reed Whittemore, Jr. is an American poet, biographer, critic, literary journalist and college professor. He was appointed the sixteenth and later the twenty-eighth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1964, and in 1984.-Biography:Born in New Haven, Connecticut,... |
1985 | 1988 | |
| Linda Pastan Linda Pastan Linda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991–1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life, domesticity, motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, loss and the fear of loss, as well as the... |
1991 | 1995 | |
| Roland Flint Roland Flint Roland Henry Flint was an American poet and professor of English at Georgetown University.-Life:Born in Park River, North Dakota, he attended the University of North Dakota before joining the United States Marine Corps. He served in post-war Korea and then returned to and graduated from the... |
1995 | 2000 | |
| Michael Collier Michael Collier (poet) Michael Robert Collier is an American poet, teacher, creative writing program administrator and editor. He has published five books of original poetry, a translation of Euripedes' Medea, a book of prose pieces about poetry, and has edited three anthologies of poetry. From 2001 to 2004 he was the... |
2001 | 2004 | |
| Michael S. Glaser Michael Glaser (poet) Michael S. Glaser served as Poet Laureate of Maryland, from August 2004 through August 2009.He graduated from Denison University with a B.A. and from Kent State University with a M.A. and Ph.D. He began teaching at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1970, retired and became a Professor Emeritus in... |
2004 | 2009 | |
| Stanley Plumly Stanley Plumly Stanley Plumly is an American poet, who is professor of English and director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program.... |
2009 | - |