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The poet laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the
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List of poets laureate

* Violet McDougal – 1923–1931 * Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940 * Jennie Harris Oliver – 1940–1942 * Della Ione Young – 1943–1944 * Anne Semple – 1944–1945 * Bess Truitt – 1945–1946 * Delbert Davis – 1963–1965 * Rudolph N. Hill – 1966–1970 * Leslie A. McRill – 1970–1977 *
Maggie Culver Fry Maggie Culver Fry (1900–1998) was the tenth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed in 1977 by Governor David L. Boren. Fry wrote her first poem at the age of 10 and now has more than 800 stories, poems, and articles published. Life and career F ...
– 1977–1995 *
Carol Hamilton Carol Hamilton (born August 24, 1935) was the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.Patricia Yarbrough, "Poets Laureate," The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, www.okhistory.org (accessed August 11, 2018). http://www.okhistory.org ...
– 1995–1997 * Betty Lou Shipley – 1997–1998 * Joe Kreger – 1998–2001, 2021–2022 * Carl Sennhenn – 2001–2003 * Francine Ringold – 2003–2007 *
N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scotte Momaday (February 27, 1934–January 24, 2024) was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel ''House Made of Dawn'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 in literature, 1969, and ...
– 2007–2008 * Jim Weaver McKown Barnes – 2009–2010 * Eddie Wilcoxen – 2011–2012 * Nathan Brown – 2013–2014 * Benjamin Myers – 2014–2015 * Jeanetta Calhoun Mish – 2017–2018 * Jay Snider – 2023–2024 Prior to statehood, Freeman Edwin Miller was considered the Oklahoma poet laureate.


See also

* Poet laureate * List of U.S. state poets laureate *
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 consc ...
* Julie Ann Ward – Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma. *
Don Blanding Donald Benson Blanding (November 7, 1894–June 9, 1957) was an American poet, sometimes described as the "poet laureate of Hawaii." He was also a journalist, cartoonist, author and speaker. Early life Blanding was born in Kingfisher, Oklahom ...
– 1937 Poet laureate of Enid, Oklahoma.


References


External links


Oklahoma Poet Laureate at Library of Congress


Culture of Oklahoma American poets laureate {{Oklahoma-gov-stub