This is a list of past and current municipal poets laureate serving towns, counties, and cities in Massachusetts. The state of Massachusetts does not have a poet laureate program.[1][2]

Arlington

Boston

Martha's Vineyard

  • Lee H. McCormack - 2012-2014[8]
  • Arnie Reisman - 2014-2016[9]

New Bedford

  • Everett Hoagland - 1994-1998[10]
  • John Landry - 2007[11]
  • Patricia Gomes - 2014-2021[12]
  • Sarah Mulvey - 2022[13]

Northampton

References

  1. ↑ Fox, Jeremy C. (December 4, 2014), "Bill would create first official Massachusetts poet laureate", Boston Globe, retrieved July 31, 2022
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts", State Poets, Library of Congress, retrieved July 31, 2022
  3. ↑ "Minutes of Arlington Poet Laureate Committee Meeting". Town Of Arlington, MA Website. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2021-04-02. We chose Miriam Levine to be the first Poet Laureate of Arlington.
  4. ↑ "Getting To Know Cathie Desjardins And Her New Book, Buddha In The Garden — Mass Poetry". Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Meet Steven Ratiner, Arlingtons's Poet Laureate — Mass Poetry". Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Arts Arlington Arlington Selects New Poet Laureate". Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ↑ "Meet Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's new poet laureate - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
  8. ↑ Times, The Martha's Vineyard (15 April 2020). "Former Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate Lee H. McCormack has died". Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  9. ↑ Shea, Jack (1 October 2014). "Arnie Reisman dubbed Poet Laureate of Martha's Vineyard". Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Everett Hoagland - UUA.org". Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ "John Landry: New Bedford's newest poet laureate". Claire T. Carney Library news. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Silvia, Michael (28 April 2014). "Patricia Gomes Named New Bedford Poet Laureate". New Bedford Guide. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  13. ↑ Chitwood, Seth (26 July 2022). "New Bedford's poet laureate — one of only 6 in MA — is reshaping how people think of poetry". SoutchCoast Today. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Poet Laureate". Northampton Arts Council. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
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