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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.
Thornton Wilder / Playwright
Love
Islands
Poetic
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As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature.
Robert Hass / Poet
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The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.
Steven T. Katz / Philosopher
England
Poet
West
Bank
Jews
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To be poet laureate is to try to spread the love and the accessibility of poetry to young people.
Jacqueline Woodson / Writer
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Love Poetry People
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It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.
Rita Dove / Poet
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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
Rita Dove / Poet
Capable
Realizing
Utterance
Voice
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When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.
Billy Collins / Poet
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Reading
Uncomfortable
Worth Reading
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Yes, I am the first Latino poet laureate in the United States. But I'm also here for everyone and from everyone. My voice is made by everyone's voices.
Juan Felipe Herrera / Poet
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People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.
Rita Dove / Poet
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Poet
Thinking
Valuable
Writing
Me Country People
Immensely
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.
Rita Dove / Poet
Advise
Congress
Series
Distinct
Duties
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I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!
Rita Dove / Poet
Dream
Blue
Poet
Appointed
Begun
Considerably
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My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business.
John Krasinski / Actor
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Names
Needed
Poet
Shoes
Show Business
Thinking
Named
Name
Collins
John
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When you see the poet laureate saying that every child should have read 'Ulysses' and that you're just giving up on children if you think it's elitist - does that include children with special needs or whose first language isn't English?
Nick Hornby / Novelist
Elitist
Giving Up
Special Needs
Ulysses
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I've written on public matters, but I don't understand how anyone could tout me as a possible poet laureate when I wrote a poem on the abdication of King Charles III or about the sex life of the Royals... anybody who knew my work would know I'm not a contender.
Tony Harrison / Poet
Charles
Contender
Iii
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Poem
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Royals
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I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people.
Maya Angelou / Author
Apology
Cards
Cookbook
Hallmark
Odd
Thinking
Unworthy
Writing
Poetry Myself Me
Billy
Collins
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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
Natasha Trethewey / Poet
Honor
Humbling
Social Media
Named
Bestowed
Tremendous
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Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.
Andrew Motion / Poet
Association
Doors
Royal
Royal Family
Tradition
Weight
Altogether
Miss
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