poet laureate

Elsehwere, poet laureate Simon Armitage contributed a new work, simply called Proms Poem, that rhapsodised the magical and mysterious power of music.

In recent years the role has a fixed term of 10 years, and is comparable to the position of poet laureate.

The former youth poet laureate of Los Angeles, who now holds that position at the national level, wrote a poem for the occasion.

Her words three years ago turned the former Los Angeles youth poet laureate into an instant icon, down to her meme-ified yellow jacket and bright red headband.

The score comes from the music catalog of Bob Dylan, the poet laureate of rock whose independent songwriting earned him the Nobel Prize in literature.