[New-Poetry] Alien Body Snatchers Proliferate As Poet Laureates, No Neighborhood or Borough is Safe

[jforjames at aol.com]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/31/poet_laureate_spreading_the_words/

Globe Correspondent / January 31, 2008 

NORTH ANDOVER - Mike Souza could give some words of advice to Boston's new poet laureate.

more stories like thisThe city of Boston appointed its first poet laureate this month amid headlines and some controversy, but Souza already has nearly two years under his belt in such a post.

He is the laureate in North Andover, population 27,196. Though the town hasn't nearly the land mass or number of people as Boston, nor quite the Hub's storied literary history, it is one of several communities around the region that decided a while ago that poetry should be lauded.


It is unclear exactly how many officially acclaimed poets exist. 


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