List of municipal poets laureate in Massachusetts explained

This is a list of past and current municipal poets laureate serving towns, counties, and cities in Massachusetts. The state of Massachusetts does not have a poet laureate program.

Arlington

Boston

Easthampton

The Easthampton Poet Laureate Program was founded by Easthampton City Arts in 2018 in an effort to highlight and elevate the rich and vital community of poets and culture of poetry in the City of Easthampton and throughout the Connecticut River Valley. In 2019, the Easthampton Poet Laureate program transitioned from a 1-year term to a 2-year term. Inside find poems by all five Laureates:

Haverhill

Martha's Vineyard

See also: Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate.

New Bedford

Northampton

Rockport

Westwood

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minutes of Arlington Poet Laureate Committee Meeting . . 2015-07-02 . Town Of Arlington, MA Website . 2021-04-02 . We chose Miriam Levine to be the first Poet Laureate of Arlington..
  2. Web site: Getting To Know Cathie Desjardins And Her New Book, Buddha In The Garden — Mass Poetry . 2023-04-12 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Meet Steven Ratiner, Arlingtons's Poet Laureate — Mass Poetry . 2023-04-12 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Arts Arlington Arlington Selects New Poet Laureate . 2023-04-12.
  5. Web site: Meet Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's new poet laureate - the Boston Globe. The Boston Globe.
  6. News: City of Haverhill Names Civic Leader, Author, Inventor and Poet Dan Speers as Poet Laureate .
  7. Web site: Former Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate Lee H. McCormack has died. The Martha's Vineyard. Times. 15 April 2020. July 31, 2022.
  8. Web site: Arnie Reisman dubbed Poet Laureate of Martha's Vineyard. Jack. Shea. 1 October 2014. July 31, 2022.
  9. Web site: Everett Hoagland - UUA.org. October 19, 2022.
  10. News: John Landry: New Bedford's newest poet laureate . 19 October 2022 . Claire T. Carney Library news . University of Massachusetts Dartmouth . 10 April 2007.
  11. News: Silvia . Michael . Patricia Gomes Named New Bedford Poet Laureate . 19 October 2022 . New Bedford Guide . 28 April 2014.
  12. News: Chitwood . Seth . New Bedford's poet laureate — one of only 6 in MA — is reshaping how people think of poetry . 19 October 2022 . SoutchCoast Today . 26 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Poet Laureate. Northampton Arts Council. July 31, 2022.
  14. Web site: Westwood Poet Laureate Town of Westwood, MA . 2024-02-01 . www.townhall.westwood.ma.us . en.

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