Rick Benjamin was the fifth

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) ...

of the American State of

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. His term began in 2013 and ended in 2017. Benjamin left the position of Poet Laureate to accept a teaching position at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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External links

Rick Benjamin website
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