poet laureate
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Mr. Gioia is the former poet laureate of California.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Tennyson became the only poet laureate to be elevated to the House of Lords.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The lyrics are the only giveaway that this is the work of a band in their late middle age - as Cocker, the poet laureate of suburban misfits, sings movingly about stagnation, divorce and mortality.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
“When it’s all said and done, we will look back at her artistic legacy, yes, as the songwriter of a generation, yes, as the poet laureate of young women.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
We named our new daughter Zindziswa, after the daughter of the poet laureate of the Xhosa people, Samuel Mqhayi, who had inspired me so many years before at Healdtown.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
