Age Quote by Natasha Trethewey

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.

— Rita Dove

To be poet laureate is to try to spread the love and the accessibility of poetry to young people.

— Jacqueline Woodson

What's really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.

— Amanda Gorman

Because I'm a younger laureate, it seemed important to me to do something - not to just accept the honor of the position, but…

— Natasha Trethewey

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the…

— Andrew Motion

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

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

Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in…

— Andrew Motion

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

As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature.

— Robert Hass

I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee, it will…

— Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

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