[New-Poetry] laureate

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Dennis,



Could you explain your reasoning? I like the idea of a national poet laureate. It is a time honored tradition and it occasionally even honors a deserving poet. Maybe in today's diffuse environment a laureate doesn't mean as much as it once did, if that is your point, but there are so few truly significant honors an American poet can receive I see no reason to eliminate this one.




Richard


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From: Barone, Dennis <dbarone at sjc.edu>
To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
Sent: Sun, 4 May 2008 8:56 am
Subject: [New-Poetry] laureate




















I'd like to see the post of poet laureate of the United States eliminated.  Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress sounds ok to me, laureate does not.






 





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