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Response to Poet Laureate

from Dave Doherty (davelucian@aol.com)
here is a quick definition as for as how many there have been in the us i am not sure, i will try to look it up.

poet laureate (noun), plural poets laureate or poet laureates

First appeared 15th Century

1 : a poet honored for achievement in his art

2 : a poet appointed for life by an English sovereign as a member of the royal household and formerly expected to compose poems for court and national occasions

3 : one regarded by a country or region as its most eminent or representative poet

(posted 9535 days ago)

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