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It was written by the national youth poet laureate, Stephanie Pacheco, who attends Borough of Manhattan Community College, one of CUNY’s 25 schools.
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James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Pacheco was named the New York City youth poet laureate in 2023 and was also designated the first youth poet laureate for New York State.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Detroit has its first composer laureate, months after ushering in the city's first poet laureate.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
Joy Harjo Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield
Joy Harjo, the current U.S. poet laureate, gives a reading of her work, takes part in a discussion and receives the 2025 Denise Levertov Award from Image Journal.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Editors’ Picks The Very Territorial Caterpillar The Surprising History of Betty Boop
Pacheco was named the New York City youth poet laureate in 2023 and was also designated the first youth poet laureate for New York State.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Detroit has its first composer laureate, months after ushering in the city's first poet laureate.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
Joy Harjo Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield
Joy Harjo, the current U.S. poet laureate, gives a reading of her work, takes part in a discussion and receives the 2025 Denise Levertov Award from Image Journal.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poet laureate
poet
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The celebrated poet first visited Medu in disguise.—
Katie Mitchell,
Essence,
7 June 2025
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Both essays and verse by celebrated writers and poets—a nod to Toni Morrison’s ’70s anthology, The Black Book. —HM Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin The best cookbook for… becoming a whole foods evangelist.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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