To: alancarp
Former poet laureate of the US and liberal activist. Highly celebrated by the Left.a) The United States of America has no such thing as a Poet Laureate.
b) The Consulting Poet to the US Library of Congress -- sometimes called "Poet Laureate" -- was a post that Maya Angelou never had.
c) As a poet, she sucked. RIP.
336 posted on
09/08/2016 8:52:41 PM PDT by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: FredZarguna
Actually, the informal title was formalized by Congress in 1985, but you’re right: she didn’t ever hold the position...my bad for not confirming the research.
339 posted on
09/09/2016 7:46:27 AM PDT by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
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