Poet Laureate of Wisconsin explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Wisconsin
Incumbent:	Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Incumbentsince:	2021
Type:	Poet Laureate
Formation:	2001
First:	Ellen Kort

The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position and nominating commission was created by executive order from Governor Tommy Thompson on July 31, 2000. On February 4, 2011, Governor Scott Walker discontinued state sponsorship and sent a letter to the members of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission to inform them it has been terminated. The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters assumed the role of the commission May of that year.^{[1] [2]}

List of Poets Laureate

• Ellen Kort (2001–2004)^[3]
• Denise Sweet (2005–2008)^[4]
• Marilyn Taylor (2009–2010)^[5]
• Bruce Dethlefsen (2011–2012)^[6]
• Max Garland (2013–2014)^[7]
• Kimberly Blaeser (2015–2016)^[8]
• Karla Huston (2017-2018)^[9]
• Margaret Rozga (2019–2020)^[10]
• Dasha Kelly Hamilton (2021–present)^[11]

See also

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

External links

• Poet Laureate at Wisconsin Humanities
• Wisconsin Poet Laureate at Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission . www.wisconsinpoetlaureate.org . 2020-02-08.
2. Web site: Wisconsin Poet Laureate . Wisconsin Humanities . 4 August 2022.
3. Web site: Kort . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
4. Web site: Sweet . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
5. Web site: Taylor . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
6. Web site: Dethlefsen . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
7. Web site: Garland . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
8. Web site: Blaeser . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
9. Web site: Hutson . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
10. Web site: Rozga . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.
11. Web site: Hamilton . Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee . 4 August 2022.