The Poet Laureate of Maryland is an honorary position in Maryland. The selected poet laureate serves at the discretion of the Governor for up to a four-year...
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A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems...
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Lucille Clifton (category Poets Laureate of Maryland)
2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist...
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responsibilities of the state poets laureate are similar to those of the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and the equivalent Poet Laureate Consultant in...
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The Sot-Weed Factor (novel) (category Province of Maryland)
London and colonial Maryland, the novel tells of a fictionalized Ebenezer Cooke, who is given the title "Poet Laureate of Maryland" by Charles Calvert...
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Michael Glaser (redirect from Michael Glaser (poet))
Michael Schmidt Glaser; 1943) is an American poet and educator who served as Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2004 to 2009. He is also an advocate for...
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a book of prose pieces about poetry, and has edited three anthologies of poetry. From 2001 to 2004 he was the Poet Laureate of Maryland. As of 2011, he...
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Maria Briscoe Croker (category American women poets)
1875 – May 6, 1962) was an American poet and Maryland's first Poet laureate. Croker was born at Charlotte Hall, Maryland in St. Mary's County. She attended...
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Linda Pastan (category Poets Laureate of Maryland)
– January 30, 2023) was an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991 to 1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. She was known for writing short poems...
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Lizette Woodworth Reese (category 19th-century American poets)
as well as in poetry, the latter was her forte; she was named Poet Laureate of Maryland in 1931. She developed, even in her childhood, a strong and vigorous...
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