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The Poet Laureate of Alabama is the
poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...
for the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
. The position was established in 1931 by an act of the Alabama Legislature. Poets Laureate, who must have been Alabama residents for at least 15 years, are chosen by the governor, and serve 4-year terms.


List of Poets Laureate

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Samuel Minturn Peck Samuel Minturn Peck (November 4, 1854 – May 3, 1938) was an American poet, named first poet laureate of the state of Alabama. Biography Samuel Minturn Peck was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on November 4, 1854, the youngest of nine children ...
(June 12, 1930–1938) * Mary B. Ward (1954–1958) * Elbert Calvin Henderson (1959–1974) * William Young Elliott (1975–1982) * Carl Patrick Morton (1983–1987) * Morton Dennison Prouty, Jr. (1988–1991) * Ralph Hammond (1992–1995) * Helen Friedman Blackshear (1995–1999) * Helen Norris (1999–2003) * Sue Walker (2003–2013 ) * Andrew Glaze (2013-2017) * Jennifer Horne (2017-2021) * Ashley M. Jones (2021-2025)


See also

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List of U.S. states' Poets Laureate Many of the states in the United States have established the post of poet laureate to which a prominent poet residing in the respective state is appointed. The responsibilities of the state poets laureate are similar to those of the Poet Laureat ...
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United States Poet Laureate The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national cons ...
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Poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...


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Poets Laureate of Alabama
at the Encyclopedia of Alabama
Poets Laureate of Alabama at the Library of Congress
Alabama culture American Poets Laureate {{Alabama-stub