Poet Laureate Quote by Georgina Guthrie

I had a mullet. It was quite impressive.

— Limahl

I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies.…

— Maya Angelou

It wasn't until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I…

— Amanda Gorman

I've written on public matters, but I don't understand how anyone could tout me as a possible poet laureate when I wrote a poem…

— Tony Harrison

It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing…

— Natasha Trethewey

The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.

— Steven T. Katz

Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace…

— Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel

If you would get money as a writer or lecturer, you must be popular, which is to go down perpendicularly… You are paid for…

— Henry David Thoreau

I'm a student at Harvard University, and currently work as the United States Youth Poet Laureate, a community organizer, and an activist.

— Amanda Gorman

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a…

— Rita Dove

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest…

— Rita Dove

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I…

— Rita Dove