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The position of '''Poet Laureate of Virginia''' was established December 18, 1936 by the [[Virginia General Assembly]].<ref name="LOC">{{cite web |title=Virginia Current Laureate |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html |website=The Library of Congress |accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref>
The position of '''Poet Laureate of Virginia''' was established December 18, 1936 by the [[Virginia General Assembly]].<ref name="LOC">{{cite web |title=Virginia Current Laureate |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html |website=The Library of Congress |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>


Originally the Poet Laureate of Virginia was appointed without outside consultation by the General Assembly, usually for one year, a process that has been described as proceeding "irregularly and capriciously",<ref name="Beyers"/> and being "more of a political thing".<ref name="Baker">{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Donald P. |title=For Virginia, a New Poet Laureate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/03/17/for-virginia-a-new-poet-laureate/e72e6a43-e1bb-4214-9824-1eee5c4f103c/?utm_term=.f05db467fe55 |accessdate=17 September 2018 |work=Washington Post |date=March 17, 1999}}</ref>
Originally, the Poet Laureate of Virginia was appointed without outside consultation by the General Assembly, usually for one year, in a process that has been described being "more of a political thing".<ref name="Baker">{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Donald P. |title=For Virginia, a New Poet Laureate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/03/17/for-virginia-a-new-poet-laureate/e72e6a43-e1bb-4214-9824-1eee5c4f103c/ |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Washington Post |date=March 17, 1999}}</ref>


As of 1996 the procedure was changed<ref name="Baker"/><ref name="Beyers"/> and most recently codified in 1998 in Virginia Code, Sec. 7.1–43, as follows:<ref name="LOC"/>
As of 1996, the procedure was changed<ref name="Baker"/> and most recently codified in 1998 in Virginia Code, Sec. 7.1–43, as follows:<ref name="LOC"/>


:''7.1-43. Poet laureate.
:''7.1-43. Poet laureate.''
:''The honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia is hereby created. Beginning in 1998, the Governor may appoint a poet laureate from a list of nominees submitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Each poet laureate shall serve a term of two years with no restrictions on reappointment.''
:''The honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia is hereby created. Beginning in 1998, the Governor may appoint a poet laureate from a list of nominees submitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Each poet laureate shall serve a term of two years with no restrictions on reappointment.''
:''(1997, c. 299.)''<ref name="LOC"/>
:''(1997, c. 299.)''<ref name="LOC"/>


The Virginia General Assembly now confirms the governor's appointment.
The Virginia General Assembly now confirms the [[Governor of Virginia|governor]]'s appointment.<ref name="Massanutten"/>


==List of Poets Laureate of Virginia==
==List of Poets Laureate of Virginia==
[[File:Luisa A. Igloria.jpg|thumb|Luisa A. Igloria was poet laureate in 2020.]]

Current Poet Laureate:
Current Poet Laureate:
*[[Henry Hart (author)|Henry Hart]] (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020)<ref name="Ducibella">{{cite news |last1=Ducibella |first1=Jim |title=Henry Hart has a new title: poet laureate of Virginia |url=https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2018/henry-hart-has-a-new-title-poet-laureate-of-virginia.php |accessdate=17 September 2018 |work=William & Mary News & Media |date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
*Margaret O. Daramola (named May 5, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=beverly |date=2023-05-05 |title=Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Margaret O. Daramola as Poet Laureate |url=https://home.hamptonu.edu/blog/2023/05/05/governor-glenn-youngkin-announces-margaret-o-daramola-as-poet-laureate/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Hampton University Home |language=en-US}}</ref>


Former Poets Laureate:
Former Poets Laureate:
*[[Luisa Igloria]] (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2022)<ref name="RTD">{{cite news |date=3 August 2020 |title=Latest gubernatorial appointments for Aug. 3 |language=en |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |agency=Richmond Times-Dispatch |url=https://richmond.com/business/local/latest-gubernatorial-appointments-for-aug-3/article_10f8a1da-d25a-5722-8bbf-f04fbdded38a.html |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[Tim Seibles]] (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2018)
*[[Henry Hart (author)|Henry Hart]] (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020)<ref name="Ducibella">{{cite news |last1=Ducibella |first1=Jim |title=Henry Hart has a new title: poet laureate of Virginia |url=https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2018/henry-hart-has-a-new-title-poet-laureate-of-virginia.php |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=William & Mary News & Media |date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Ron Smith (American poet)|Ron Smith]] (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2016)
*[[Tim Seibles]] (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2018)<ref name="Hewitt">{{cite news |last1=Hewitt |first1=Jeff |title=Norfolk's Tim Seibles Sworn in as Poet Laureate at Virginia's State House |url=https://altdaily.com/norfolks-tim-seibles-sworn-in-as-poet-laureate-at-virginias-state-house/ |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=AltDaily |date=October 7, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Sofia Starnes]] (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Ron Smith (American poet)|Ron Smith]] (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2016)<ref name="Baldwin">{{cite news |last1=Baldwin |first1=Brent |title=Ron Smith, Virginia's Poet Laureate. 2016 Guest Writer |url=http://www.artemisjournal.org/ron-smith-virginias-poet-laureate-2016-guest-writer/ |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Artemis |date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kelly Cherry]] (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2012)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Sofia Starnes]] (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014)<ref name="Petrini">{{cite news |last1=Petrini |first1=Andi |title=HRBook notes: Williamsburg poet releases 'Consequence of Moonlight' |url=http://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/dp-fea-book-notes-sofia-starnes-poetry-0610-story.html |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Daily Press |date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Claudia Emerson]] (August 26, 2008 – June 30, 2010)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Kelly Cherry]] (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2012)<ref name="Cherry">{{cite news |url= http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/virginia/gov-bob-mcdonnell-has-named.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014201028/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/virginia/gov-bob-mcdonnell-has-named.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 14, 2012 |title= Kelly Cherry named Va. poet laureate |agency= [[Associated Press]] |work= [[The Washington Post]] |date= January 28, 2011 |access-date= May 4, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda]] (June 26, 2006 – June 30, 2008)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Claudia Emerson]] (August 26, 2008 – June 30, 2010)<ref name="Langer">{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer-winning poet who illuminated divorce and death, dies at 57 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/claudia-emerson-pulitzer-winning-poet-who-illuminated-divorce-and-death-dies-at-57/2014/12/05/ca771e94-7c8f-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=The Washington Post |date=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Rita Dove]] (September 20, 2004 – June 25, 2006)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda]] (June 26, 2006 – June 30, 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Virginia Poet Laureate Emerita |url=https://www.vmfa.museum/statewide/faculty-member/carolyn-kreiter-foronda/ |website=VMFA |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[George Garrett (poet)|George Garrett]] (July 9, 2002 – June 30, 2004)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Rita Dove]] (September 20, 2004 – June 25, 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rita Dov3 |url=https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vawomen/2018/honoree.htm?bio=Dove |access-date=17 September 2018 |website=Virginia Women in History}}</ref>
*[[Grace Simpson]] (2000–2002)
*[[George Garrett (poet)|George Garrett]] (July 9, 2002 – June 30, 2004)<ref>{{cite news |title= George Garrett, 78, Southern Novelist, Is Dead|author= Fox, Margalit|newspaper= The New York Times|date= May 20, 2008|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/books/30garrett.html?ref=obituaries|access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Awad]] (1998–2000)<ref name="Beyers"/><ref name="Baker"/>
*[[Grace Pow Simpson]] (2000–2002)<ref name="Robertson">{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Ellen |title=Service set for Grace Pow Simpson, former Virginia Poet Laureate |url=https://www.richmond.com/obituaries/featured/service-set-for-grace-pow-simpson-former-virginia-poet-laureate/article_5d5de764-06db-5edd-a51e-5998d4d2bd04.html |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=March 8, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Ward Morland]] (1996–1998)<ref name="Beyers"/><ref name="Baker"/><ref name="LIS">{{cite web |title=SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42 2 Offered January 19, 1996 3 Designating Margaret Ward Morland of Lynchburg as Virginia ' s Poet Laureate for July 1, 1996, 4 through June 30, 1997. |url=https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?961+ful+SJ42+pdf |website=LIS: Virginia's Legislative Information System |accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Kathryn Forrester Thro]] (July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1996)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Joseph Awad]] (1998–2000)<ref name="Baker"/>
*[[Margaret Ward Morland]] (1996–1998)<ref name="Baker"/><ref name="LIS">{{cite web |title=SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42 2 Offered January 19, 1996 3 Designating Margaret Ward Morland of Lynchburg as Virginia ' s Poet Laureate for July 1, 1996, 4 through June 30, 1997. |url=https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?961+ful+SJ42+pdf |website=LIS: Virginia's Legislative Information System |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Guy Carleton Drewry]] (1970-1991)<ref name="LOC"/><ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Kathryn Forrester Thro]] (July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1996)<ref name="Thro">{{cite web |title=1995 Session HJ 466 Kathryn Forrester Thro; Poet Laureate. |url=https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?951+sum+HJ466 |website=LIS: Virginia's Legislative Information System |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Ruby Altizer Roberts]] (1950)<ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Guy Carleton Drewry]] (1970&ndash;1991)<ref name="WP">{{cite news |title=Guy Carleton Drewry dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/08/06/guy-carleton-drewry-dies/87f1300a-2f9c-431d-aa0d-2d1b1857f5f5/ |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=The Washington Post |date=Aug 6, 1991}}</ref>
*[[Leigh Buckner Haynes]] (1949)<ref name="LOC"/><ref name="Beyers"/>
*[[Thomas Lomax Hunter]] (1948)<ref name="Beyers"/><ref name="Plaisance">{{cite news |last1=Plaisance |first1=Patrick Lee |title=Ambassador of Verse |url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19980517-1998-05-17-9805150348-story.html |accessdate=17 September 2018 |work=Daily Press |date=May 17, 1998}}</ref>
*[[Ruby Altizer Roberts]] (1950; poet laureate emerita, 1992)<ref name="Moxley">{{cite news |last1=Moxley |first1=Tonia |title='That's the way she was, like a bubbling spring' |url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/that-s-the-way-she-was-like-a-bubbling-spring/article_2db373c8-8373-5dad-a6dd-243676b9224c.html |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=The Roanoke Times |date=May 29, 2004}}</ref>
*[[Leigh Buckner Hanes]] (1949)<ref name="Bluefield"/><ref name="Brooker">{{cite book |last1=Brooker |first1=Peter |last2=Thacker |first2=Andrew |title=The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume II: North America 1894-1960 |date=January 24, 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199545810|volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEta9eqdG2IC&pg=PA520 |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*Charles Day (1942-1948)<ref name="Massanutten">{{cite web |title=Poet Laureates of Virginia |url=https://mrlib.org/poet-laureates-of-virginia/ |website=Massanutten Regional Library |accessdate=17 September 2018|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Day">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Charles |title=Lights o'Day. A book of poems. |date=1937 |publisher=C. Day |location=Norfolk, Virginia}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Lomax Hunter]] (1948)<ref name="ebscohost">{{cite journal |last1=Pruitt, jr. |first1=Paul M. |title=Virginia's latter-day cavalier Thomas Lomax Hunter of King George County |journal=Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine |date=December 2009 |volume=59 |issue=1 |page=7167 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/biographies/49740514/virginias-latter-day-cavalier-thomas-lomax-hunter-king-george-county |access-date=17 September 2018}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Bluefield">{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-mar-13-1948-p-3/ |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Bluefield Daily Telegraph |title=Poets Laureate Named In Virginia Richmond, Va.|agency=Bluefield, West Virginia |date=March 13, 1948|page=3|quote="A couple of Virginia poets laureates, one for 1948 and one for 1949, were named today by the house of delegates. If the senate agrees, Thomas Lomax Hunter, "Cavalier" columnist of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. will be the state’s official bard this year, and Leigh Hanes, of Roanoke, will have the versifying honors for 1949."}}</ref><ref name="Plaisance">{{cite news |last1=Plaisance |first1=Patrick Lee |title=Ambassador of Verse |url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19980517-1998-05-17-9805150348-story.html |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Daily Press |date=May 17, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Up for auction! |url=https://www.bellegroveplantation.com/7424 |website=Belle Grove Plantation |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Carter Warner Wormeley]] (1936-1938)<ref name="LOC"/><ref name="Beyers">{{cite book |editor-last1=Hayes |editor-first1=Kevin J. |last1=Beyers |first1=Chris |title=A history of Virginia literature|chapter=Chapter 26: Modern Poetry |date=May 19, 2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107057777 |pages=362-375 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_IKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA362 |accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Charles Day (poet)|Charles Day]] (1942&ndash;1948)<ref name="Massanutten">{{cite web |title=Poet Laureates of Virginia |url=https://mrlib.org/poet-laureates-of-virginia/ |website=Massanutten Regional Library |access-date=17 September 2018|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Day">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Charles |title=Lights o'Day. A book of poems. |date=1937 |publisher=C. Day |location=Norfolk, Virginia}}</ref>
*[[Carter Warner Wormeley]] (1936&ndash;1938)<ref name="Wormeley">{{cite book |last1=Wormeley |first1=Carter Warner |title=Poems |date=1904 |publisher=Broadway Publishing Company |location=New York }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Portal|Poetry}}
*[https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html Poet Laureate of Virginia] from the [[Library of Congress]]
*[https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html Poet Laureate of Virginia] from the [[Library of Congress]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726101332/http://www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org/poetlaureate.htm Poets Laureate for the Commonwealth (state) of VIRGINIA, United States of America, nominated by The Poetry Society of Virginia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726101332/http://www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org/poetlaureate.htm Welcome to Poet Laureate of Virginia Information Page] (archived from The Poetry Society of Virginia website)
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* [http://www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org/ The Poetry Society of Virginia website]
{{VA Poets Laureate|state=autocollapse}}

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Latest revision as of 16:57, 5 September 2024

The position of Poet Laureate of Virginia was established December 18, 1936 by the Virginia General Assembly.[1]

Originally, the Poet Laureate of Virginia was appointed without outside consultation by the General Assembly, usually for one year, in a process that has been described being "more of a political thing".[2]

As of 1996, the procedure was changed[2] and most recently codified in 1998 in Virginia Code, Sec. 7.1–43, as follows:[1]

7.1-43. Poet laureate.
The honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia is hereby created. Beginning in 1998, the Governor may appoint a poet laureate from a list of nominees submitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Each poet laureate shall serve a term of two years with no restrictions on reappointment.
(1997, c. 299.)[1]

The Virginia General Assembly now confirms the governor's appointment.[3]

List of Poets Laureate of Virginia

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Luisa A. Igloria was poet laureate in 2020.

Current Poet Laureate:

  • Margaret O. Daramola (named May 5, 2023)[4]

Former Poets Laureate:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Virginia Current Laureate". The Library of Congress. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Baker, Donald P. (March 17, 1999). "For Virginia, a New Poet Laureate". Washington Post. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Poet Laureates of Virginia". Massanutten Regional Library. August 30, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. ^ beverly (May 5, 2023). "Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Margaret O. Daramola as Poet Laureate". Hampton University Home. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Latest gubernatorial appointments for Aug. 3". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond Times-Dispatch. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  6. ^ Ducibella, Jim (June 21, 2018). "Henry Hart has a new title: poet laureate of Virginia". William & Mary News & Media. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Hewitt, Jeff (October 7, 2016). "Norfolk's Tim Seibles Sworn in as Poet Laureate at Virginia's State House". AltDaily. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  8. ^ Baldwin, Brent (November 14, 2015). "Ron Smith, Virginia's Poet Laureate. 2016 Guest Writer". Artemis. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  9. ^ Petrini, Andi (June 9, 2018). "HRBook notes: Williamsburg poet releases 'Consequence of Moonlight'". Daily Press. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "Kelly Cherry named Va. poet laureate". The Washington Post. Associated Press. January 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  11. ^ Langer, Emily (December 6, 2014). "Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer-winning poet who illuminated divorce and death, dies at 57". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Virginia Poet Laureate Emerita". VMFA. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  13. ^ "Rita Dov3". Virginia Women in History. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  14. ^ Fox, Margalit (May 20, 2008). "George Garrett, 78, Southern Novelist, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  15. ^ Robertson, Ellen (March 8, 2016). "Service set for Grace Pow Simpson, former Virginia Poet Laureate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42 2 Offered January 19, 1996 3 Designating Margaret Ward Morland of Lynchburg as Virginia ' s Poet Laureate for July 1, 1996, 4 through June 30, 1997". LIS: Virginia's Legislative Information System. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  17. ^ "1995 Session HJ 466 Kathryn Forrester Thro; Poet Laureate". LIS: Virginia's Legislative Information System. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  18. ^ "Guy Carleton Drewry dies". The Washington Post. August 6, 1991. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  19. ^ Moxley, Tonia (May 29, 2004). "'That's the way she was, like a bubbling spring'". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  20. ^ a b "Poets Laureate Named In Virginia Richmond, Va". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Bluefield, West Virginia. March 13, 1948. p. 3. Retrieved September 17, 2018. A couple of Virginia poets laureates, one for 1948 and one for 1949, were named today by the house of delegates. If the senate agrees, Thomas Lomax Hunter, "Cavalier" columnist of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. will be the state's official bard this year, and Leigh Hanes, of Roanoke, will have the versifying honors for 1949.
  21. ^ Brooker, Peter; Thacker, Andrew (January 24, 2017). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume II: North America 1894-1960. Vol. II. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199545810. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  22. ^ Pruitt, jr., Paul M. (December 2009). "Virginia's latter-day cavalier Thomas Lomax Hunter of King George County". Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine. 59 (1): 7167. Retrieved September 17, 2018.[dead link]
  23. ^ Plaisance, Patrick Lee (May 17, 1998). "Ambassador of Verse". Daily Press. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  24. ^ "Up for auction!". Belle Grove Plantation. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  25. ^ Day, Charles (1937). Lights o'Day. A book of poems. Norfolk, Virginia: C. Day.
  26. ^ Wormeley, Carter Warner (1904). Poems. New York: Broadway Publishing Company.
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