The poet laureate of Delaware is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Delaware. Poets are appointed to the position by the governor.Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills—twin brothers who are known as the "Twin Poets"—were appointed 17th poets laureate of the state of Delaware on December 13, 2015.[1] According to the Library of Congress, they are the first co-laureates appointed by a state and the first siblings to share the position.[2] [3] [4] [5]
| Poet laureate | Term | Appointed by | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edna Deemer Leach | 1947–49 | Bacon | [6] [7] | |
| 2 | Jeannette Slocum Edwards | 1950–53 | Carvel | ||
| 3 | Frances Shannon Flowers (McNeal) | 1954 | Boggs | ||
| 4 | Katherine King Johnson | 1955 | Boggs | ||
| 5 | David Hudson | 1956–60 | Boggs | ||
| 6 | Alison Kimball Bradford | 1961 | Buckson | ||
| 7 | Margaret Eleanor Weaver | 1962 | Carvel | ||
| 8 | Mother Aloysius Peach | 1963–64 | Carvel | ||
| 9 | Percival R. Roberts III | 1965–66 | Terry | ||
| 10 | Joyce Carlson | 1967–68 | Terry | ||
| 11 | Antonia Bissell Laird | 1969–70 | Peterson | ||
| 12 | Harry Eisenberg | 1971 | Peterson | ||
| 13 | David Hudson | 1975–76 | Tribbitt | ||
| 14 | e. j. lanyon | 1979–81 | du Pont | ||
| 15 | Fleda Brown | 2001–07 | Minner | ||
| 16 | JoAnn Balingit | 2008–2015 | Minner | ||
| 17 | Nnamdi Chukwuocha Albert Mills | 2015– | Markell |