Poet Laureate of Oklahoma explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Oklahoma
Incumbent:	Jay Snider
Incumbentsince:	2023
Type:	Poet Laureate
Formation:	1923
First:	Violet McDougal

The Poet Laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.^{[1] [2]}

List of Poets Laureate

• Violet McDougal – 1923–1931
• Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940
• Jennie Harris Oliver – 1940–1942
• Della Ione Young – 1943–1944
• Anne Semple – 1944–1945
• Bess Truitt – 1945–1946
• Delbert Davis – 1963–1965
• Rudolph N. Hill – 1966–1970
• Leslie A. McRill – 1970–1977
• Maggie Culver Fry – 1977–1995
• Carol Hamilton – 1995–1997
• Betty Lou Shipley – 1997–1998
• Joe Kreger – 1998–2001, 2021-2022
• Carl Sennhenn – 2001–2003
• Francine Ringold – 2003–2007
• N. Scott Momaday – 2007–2008
• Jim Weaver McKown Barnes – 2009–2010
• Eddie Wilcoxen – 2011–2012
• Nathan Brown – 2013–2014
• Benjamin Myers – 2014–2015
• Jeanetta Calhoun Mish – 2017–2018 ^[3]
• Jay Snider - 2023-2024^{[4] [5] [6]}

Prior to statehood, Freeman Edwin Miller was considered the Oklahoma Poet Laureate.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Poet laureate
• List of U.S. states' poets laureate
• United States Poet Laureate
• Julie Ann Ward - Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma.
• Don Blanding - 1937 Poet laureate of Enid, Oklahoma.^[9]

External links

• Oklahoma Poet Laureate at Library of Congress
• Poet Laureate at Oklahoma Arts Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oklahoma – State Poet Laureate (State Poets Laureate of the United States, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress). Loc.gov. 30 October 2018.
2. Web site: Poets Laureate – The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Okhistory.org. 30 October 2018.
3. Web site: Oklahoma Arts Council: Oklahoma State Poet Laureate. Arts.ok.gov. 30 October 2018.
4. News: Watts . James D . Rancher-writer named state Poet Laureate . 30 December 2022 . Tulsa World . 21 December 2022.
5. News: Briones . Alejandra . Recently appointed Oklahoma poet laureate discusses new role . 30 December 2022 . KOCO . 28 December 2022.
6. News: Cyril's Jay Snider appointed as 2023-24 Oklahoma State Poet Laureate . 30 December 2022 . Marlow Review . 28 December 2022.
7. News: Oklahoma's Poet Laureate, Lauriger Freeman Miller will recite ode at World's Fair . 28 October 2023 . The Guthrie Daily Leader . 3 September 1904.
8. News: Poet Laureate in Court Case . 28 October 2023 . The Daily Oklahoman . 19 November 1907.
9. News: Carnegie Library Notes . 2 February 2024 . The Enid Morning News . 23 May 1937.