Poet Laureate of Vermont explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Vermont
Incumbent:	Mary Ruefle
Incumbentsince:	2019
Type:	Poet Laureate
Formation:	1961
First:	Robert Frost

The Poet Laureate of Vermont is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Vermont. Robert Frost was the first poet named as Laureate by Joint House Resolution 54 of the Vermont General Assembly in 1961, less than two years before his death.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The current position of State Poet, a four-year appointment, was created by Executive Order 69 in 1988. In 2007, the designation was changed to Poet Laureate.

List of Poets Laureate

The following have held the position:

• Robert Frost (1961-1963)^[5]
• Galway Kinnell (1989–1993)
• Louise Gluck (1994–1998)
• Ellen Bryant Voigt (1999–2002)
• Grace Paley (2003–2007)
• Ruth Stone (2007–2011)
• Sydney Lea (2011–2015)^{[6] [7]}
• Chard deNiord (2015–2019)^[8]
• Mary Ruefle (2019–present)^[9]

See also

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

External links

• Vermont Poet Laureate at Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. Book: Nancy Lewis Tuten. The Robert Frost Encyclopedia. John Zubizarreta. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2001. 978-0-313-29464-8. 15.
2. Book: Deirdre J. Fagan. Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. 1 January 2009. Infobase Publishing. 978-1-4381-0854-4. 249.
3. Book: Vermont. Office of Secretary of State. Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual: Biennial session. 1985. 19. Joint Resolution R-59 of the Acts of 1961 named Robert Lee Frost as Vermont's Poet Laureate. While not a native Vermonter, this eminent American poet resided here throughout much of his adult ....
4. Book: Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual. Secretary of State. 1989. 20. The position was created by Joint Resolution R-59 of the Acts of 1961, which designated Robert Frost state poet laureate..
5. Web site: Vermont's Poet Laureate . Vermont Arts Council . 4 August 2022.
6. Web site: Vermont Arts Council. vermontartscouncil.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111127135713/http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/ProgramsInitiatives/VermontPoetLaureate2011/tabid/225/Default.aspx. 2011-11-27.
7. Web site: 2022-06-22 . Sydney Lea . 2022-06-22 . Poetry Foundation . en.
8. Web site: Chard deNiord . Poetry foundation . 4 August 2022.
9. Web site: Mary Ruefle appointed Vermont's poet laureate. October 30, 2019. AP NEWS. October 31, 2019.