Poet Laureate of Oklahoma

Poet Laureate of Oklahoma
Incumbent Jay Snider since 2023
Type	Poet Laureate
Formation	1923
First holder	Violet McDougal

The poet laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ^{[1] [2]}

Anne Ruth Semple was poet laureate in 1945.

Nathan Brown was poet laureate 2013.

List of poets laureate

• Violet McDougal – 1923–1931
• Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940
• Jennie Harris Oliver – 1940–1942
• Della Ione Young – 1943–1944
• Anne Semple – 1944–1945
• Bess Truitt – 1945–1946
• Delbert Davis – 1963–1965
• Rudolph N. Hill – 1966–1970
• Leslie A. McRill – 1970–1977
• Maggie Culver Fry – 1977–1995
• Carol Hamilton – 1995–1997
• Betty Lou Shipley – 1997–1998
• Joe Kreger – 1998–2001, 2021–2022
• Carl Sennhenn – 2001–2003
• Francine Ringold – 2003–2007
• N. Scott Momaday – 2007–2008
• Jim Weaver McKown Barnes – 2009–2010
• Eddie Wilcoxen – 2011–2012
• Nathan Brown – 2013–2014
• Benjamin Myers – 2014–2015
• Jeanetta Calhoun Mish – 2017–2018 ^[3]
• Jay Snider – 2023–2024 ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Prior to statehood, Freeman Edwin Miller was considered the Oklahoma poet laureate. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poet laureate
• List of U.S. state poets laureate
• United States Poet Laureate
• Julie Ann Ward – Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma.
• Don Blanding – 1937 Poet laureate of Enid, Oklahoma. ^[9]

References

1. "Oklahoma – State Poet Laureate (State Poets Laureate of the United States, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress)". Loc.gov. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
2. "Poets Laureate – The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Okhistory.org. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. "Oklahoma Arts Council: Oklahoma State Poet Laureate". Arts.ok.gov. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
4. Watts, James D (21 December 2022). "Rancher-writer named state Poet Laureate". Tulsa World. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. Briones, Alejandra (28 December 2022). "Recently appointed Oklahoma poet laureate discusses new role". KOCO. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
6. "Cyril's Jay Snider appointed as 2023–24 Oklahoma State Poet Laureate". Marlow Review. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
7. "Oklahoma's Poet Laureate, Lauriger Freeman Miller will recite ode at World's Fair". The Guthrie Daily Leader. 3 September 1904. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
8. "Poet Laureate in Court Case". The Daily Oklahoman. 19 November 1907. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
9. "Carnegie Library Notes". The Enid Morning News. 23 May 1937. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

• Oklahoma Poet Laureate at Library of Congress
• Poet Laureate at Oklahoma Arts Council