The Poet Laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Violet McDougal – 1923–1931 Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940 Jennie Harris...

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...

"2023-2024 Oklahoma State Poet Laureate Jay Snider, Cyril". Oklahoma Arts Council. Retrieved December 30, 2022. "Governor Stitt Appoints Jay Snider of Cyril...

upon his death, Joy Harjo (Mvskoke), 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, noted that in House Made of Dawn, "Momaday found a way to move eloquently...

current poet laureate of Oklahoma, serving from 2023 to 2024. He writes in the cowboy poetry genre. He is the third cowboy poet to be appointed Oklahoma state...

also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to have served three terms (after Robert Pinsky). Harjo is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation (Este...

including 42.2% of those under age 18 and 33.5% of those age 65 or over. Maggie Culver Fry (1900–1998), tenth poet laureate of Oklahoma Franklin Gritts...

Hamilton - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1995-1997 Marquis James - author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Louis Jenkins - poet D.L. Lang - Poet Laureate of Vallejo...

American poet, essayist, educator, and musician. In 2015, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin appointed Myers the twentieth poet laureate of Oklahoma. He has...

Danforth Junior High School. Nathan Brown (born 1965), formerly Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, lives in Wimberley Bob Decker (1922–1999), Minnesota state senator...

Lou Shipley (1931–1998) - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma (1997-1998) Phil Stephenson (born 1945) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wharton...

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the twelfth poet laureate of the state of Oklahoma. Shipley's term as laureate was cut short by her death. Along with authoring three books of poetry, Shipley...

is an author, singer-songwriter, and award-winning poet who served as the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2014. Nathan Brown was born in Longview...

to statehood Don Blanding, originally from Oklahoma, was unofficially referred to as the poet laureate of Hawaii. In 1951 Hawaii Territorial Senator Thelma...

in 1894. Miller was considered the territorial poet laureate of Oklahoma. C.W. Moulton published Oklahoma and Other Poems in 1895, and the Knickerbocker...

from as the 14th Poet Laureate of Oklahoma from 2001 until 2003. Along with Francine Ringold, he is one of two poets to win the Oklahoma Book Award for...

eighth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed by Governor Henry Bellmon, in 1966. Born in Missouri, Hill was raised in central Oklahoma and lived most of his...

(1900–1998) was the tenth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed in 1977 by Governor David L. Boren. Fry wrote her first poem at the age of 10 and now has more...

All four members of the multi-platinum rock group Hinder Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007 Betty Lou Shipley, Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1997–98 W. K. Stratton...

as the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1945 to 1946. Since no poet laureate was appointed directly after her, Truitt also served as poet laureate emeritus...

the seventh poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed in 1963 by Governor Henry Bellmon. Davis was for a time associated with a notable group of writers based...

Della Iona Cann Young (1872-1945) was Oklahoma's fourth poet laureate, appointed in 1943 by Governor Robert S. Kerr. Young was born Della Iona Cann in...

Paul William Kroeger (1907-1977) was Oklahoma's second poet laureate, appointed in 1931 by Governor William H. Murray. Though his work appeared in periodicals...

Michigan, Oliver became a school teacher and moved to Oklahoma in 1892. She was the poet laureate of Oklahoma from 1940 to her death in 1942. Her poems appeared...

“The Oklahoma Nobel” in 1982, and the prize is sometimes referred to as the “American Nobel”. Since it was founded in 1970, some 30 of its laureates, candidates...

Joy Harjo (born 1951), poet, musician, and author. First Native American Poet Laureate, and first Poet Laureate from Oklahoma. S.E. Hinton (born 1948)...

American poet and served as Oklahoma's twenty-first poet laureate. Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, in 1961, Mish was educated at the University of Houston,...

ninth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed by Governor Dewey F. Bartlett in 1970. McRill was born in Kansas but lived much of his life in Oklahoma and graduated...

August 24, 1935) was the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997. Carol Jean Hamilton was born on August 24th, 1935 in Enid, Oklahoma. Her mother, Ruby Barber...