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• n  a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

• Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander will be the fourth poet ever to read at a presidential Inauguration.
• Serious poetry was about to be eclipsed by fiction.
• Kay Ryan is the latest pick as the nation's top poet.

News & Articles

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• Poet-Author William Russell Hardick II Releases His New Collection
  “More Musings” continues to unleash the poet’s deep thoughts and feelings in poems inspired by personal experiences and visions. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/WilliamRussellHardickII/MoreMusings/prweb10830137.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
• Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talks about her first year, her reappointment, and her new partnership with ‘NewsHour’
  Earlier this week, the Library of Congress announced it was reappointing Natasha Trethewey as the nation’s poet laureate. That mostly
  June 13, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly
• Poet Laureate Natasha Trethwey talks about her first year, her reappointment, and her new partnership with ‘NewsHour’
  Earlier this week, the Library of Congress announced it was reappointing Natasha Trethewey as the nation’s poet laureate. That mostly
  June 13, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly

Quotes

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• Tyson Mao in Forbes
  It's a completely separate skill from anything academic,Mao says. "It doesn't matter if they're a writer or a poet, anyone can do this."
• Judge Leonie Brinkema in New York Times
  Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, who sentenced Mr. Moussaoui, told him: "You came here to be a martyr and to die in a great big bang of glory, but to paraphrase the poet TS Eliot, instead, you will die with a whimper. The rest of your life you will spend...