poets laureate

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plural of poet laureate
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Recent Examples of poets laureate Additionally, the collaboration between municipal poet laureates and the state poet laureate ensures that Connecticut remains culturally rich with a confluence of poetic voices. — Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
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poets
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  • Alex’s friends were poets—Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and the poet-dance critic Edwin Denby, who introduced Alex to choreographer Paul Taylor.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The poets don’t need the movies as much as the movies need characters who still have something unruly to lay on the line.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
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