Many US States have state posts occupied by prominent poets and entitled Poet Laureate of .... The responsibilities are typically similar to those of the Poet Laureate and the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

Most holders of the these titles reach pre-eminence by public competition, and use the office responsibly to further the knowledge and enjoyment of poetry and the written word by citizens of the states in which they hold office.

Sadly, some also bring disrepute by what they do in office [1] [2] and have to be removed [3].

The following list names incumbents of state Poet Laurentships in those states that have a position so named.

State	Name
Alaska	Anne Hanley
Alabama	Helen Norris
Arkansas	Verna Lee Hinegardner
Colorado	Mary Crow
California	Vacant
Connecticut	Marilyn Nelson
District of Columbia	Delores Kendrick
Delaware	Fleda Brown
Florida	Edmund Skellings
Georgia	David Bottoms
Idaho	Jim Irons
Illinois	Vacant
Iowa	Marvin Bell
Kentucky	Joe Survant
Louisiana	Brenda Marie Osbey
Maine	Baron Wormser
Maryland	Michael S. Glaser
Missouri	Vacant
Nebraska	William Kloefkorn
New Hampshire	Marie Harris
New Jersey	Interregnum
New York	John Ashbery
North Carolina	Vacant
North Dakota	Larry Woiwode
Oklahoma	Carl Sennhenn
Pennsylvania	Samuel Hazo
Rhode Island	Tom Chandler
South Carolina	Vacant
South Dakota	David Allan Evans
Tennessee	Maggi Vaughn
Utah	Kenneth W. Brewer
Vermont	Grace Paley
Virginia	George Garrett
West Virginia	Irene McKinney
Wisconsin	Ellen Kort
Wyoming	Robert Roripaugh

There is no such position in Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, or Washington. Hawaii has a state writer.

External links

• Alabama state poet laureate
• California state poet laureate
• Connecticut state poet laureate
• Delaware state poet laureate
• Georgia state poet laureate
• Illinois state poet laureate