Poet Laureate of Colorado explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Colorado
Incumbent:	Bobby LeFebre
Incumbentsince:	2019
Type:	Poet Laureate
Formation:	1919
First:	Alice Polk Hill

The Poet Laureate of Colorado is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Colorado. Colorado Poets Laureate are appointed to four-year terms. They are nominated by Colorado Creative Industries and Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, and chosen by the Governor.^[1] The State of Colorado also appointed singer/songwriter John Denver in 1974.^[2]

List of Poets Laureate

The following have held the position: ^{[3] [4]}

• Alice Polk Hill (1919-1921)
• Nellie Burget Miller (1923-1952)
• Margaret Clyde Robinson (1952-1954)
• Milford E. Shields (1954-1975)
• Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1979-1988)
• Mary Crow (1996-2010)
• David Mason (2010-2014)
• Joseph Hutchison (2014-2019)
• Bobby LeFebre (2019-2023)
• Andrea Gibson (2023-present)^[5]

External links

• Poets Laureate of Colorado at the Library of Congress
• Poet Laureate at Colorado Humanities

See also

• Poet laureate
• List of U.S. states' poets laureate
• United States Poet Laureate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colorado Poet Laureate . Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) . 2 August 2022.
2. John Denver. Rolling Stone. December 26, 2015.
3. Web site: Colorado - State Poet Laureate (State Poets Laureate of the United States, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress). www.loc.gov. 2019-09-04.
4. Web site: Colorado Poet Laureate . Colorado Humanities . 2 August 2022.
5. Web site: Governor Polis Announces Colorado Author as New Poet Laureate. Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) . 23 September 2023.