Poet Laureate of Colorado explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Colorado
Incumbent:	Andrea Gibson
Incumbentsince:	2023
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]}

!Poet!Years

	1919-1921
	1923-1952
Margaret Clyde Robinson	1952-1954
Milford E. Shields	1954-1975
Thomas Hornsby Ferril	1979-1988
Mary Crow	1996-2010)
	2010-2014
Joseph Hutchison	2014-2019
Bobby LeFebre	2019-2023
Andrea Gibson	2023-Present^[5]

Anthology

In 2025, the University Press of Colorado will publish an anthology of poetry from all of the poets who have held the title of Colorado Poet Laureate. The book is titled How Far Have We Come? The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology. ^[6]

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 . 23 September 2023 . Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).
6. Web site: Support Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology . 2024-09-02 . ColoradoGives.org . en.