Read more poet laureate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7719/poet-laureate.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:45:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61795/queens-poet-savages-politicians-in-first-poem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's poet laureates have been criticized for writing about humdrum events on the royal calendar. If her first effort is any indication, the new laureate—the first woman—has no such intentions. Carol Ann Duffy is ticked off about the nation's scandal over lawmakers' expense accounts, and she lets everyone...http://www.newser.com/story/61795/queens-poet-savages-politicians-in-first-poem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 8:23:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57822/duffy-named-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarol Ann Duffy and her 13-year-old daughter agreed it was time for a woman poet laureate in Britain, the Times of London reports. Widely expected to accept the post, Duffy, 53, agreed today to take over from incumbent Andrew Motion in the name of "great women poets ... like Alice Oswald,...http://www.newser.com/story/57822/duffy-named-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 18:58:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony Blair, who...http://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34591/palestinian-poet-dead-at-67.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died yesterday from heart surgery complications in Houston at age 67, the Los Angeles Times reports. Considered Palestine’s unofficial poet laureate, Darwish penned the territory’s symbolic Declaration of Independence in 1988 and depicted life under Israeli rule in his work. "He was the Palestinian conscience," a...http://www.newser.com/story/34591/palestinian-poet-dead-at-67.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 Aug 2008 19:56:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32663/an-outsider-becomes-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKay Ryan, a poet from Fairfax, Calif., with a reputation as an individualist, has been chosen as the nation's new poet laureate. The 62-year-old writer is known for her sly, concise verse that incorporates plays on words and uses intricate rhyme structures. Despite receiving many of the field's highest accolades,...http://www.newser.com/story/32663/an-outsider-becomes-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jul 2008 7:54:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5165/surrealist-simic-named-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Simic, a surrealist poet whose style gleams with dark imagery and ironic humor, will be named the United States' 15th poet laureate today. The 69-year-old, who replaces fellow New Hampshirite Donald Hall, has published more than 20 volumes of poetry as well as essay collections, translations and a memoir.http://www.newser.com/story/5165/surrealist-simic-named-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Aug 2007 12:15:16 CDT