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Poet Laureate Quotes

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My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn’t think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business  (Poet Laureate Quotes) Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear.  (Poet Laureate Quotes) I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me.  (Poet Laureate Quotes) It’s the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate  (Poet Laureate Quotes) People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable  (Poet Laureate Quotes) There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry  (Poet Laureate Quotes) Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet  (Poet Laureate Quotes) I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!  (Poet Laureate Quotes)