Poet Laureate of Wisconsin

The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position and nominating commission was created by executive order from Governor Tommy Thompson on July 31, 2000. On February 4, 2011, Governor Scott Walker discontinued state sponsorship and sent a letter to the members of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission to inform them it has been terminated. The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters assumed the role of the commission May of that year.[1][2][3][4]

Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
Incumbent
Dasha Kelly Hamilton
since 2021
TypePoet Laureate
Formation2001
First holderEllen Kort

List of Poets Laureate

See also

References
  1. "Welcome to Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission". www.wisconsinpoetlaureate.org. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. "Wisconsin", State Poets, Library of Congress, retrieved 2020-02-08
  3. Higgins, Jim (January 11, 2021), "Milwaukee's Dasha Kelly Hamilton named Wisconsin poet laureate", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, retrieved 2021-01-14
  4. "Wisconsin Poet Laureate". Wisconsin Humanities. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. "Kort". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. "Sweet". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. "Taylor". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. "Dethlefsen". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. "Garland". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. "Blaeser". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. "Hutson". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  12. "Rozga". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  13. "Hamilton". Wisconsin Poet Laureate Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2022.


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