Song of America

POETS LAUREATE
A Poet Laureate is a poet, officially appointed by a government, who is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. In 1937 the United States Library of Congress began appointing an official Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. In 1985 an Act of Congress changed the name of the position to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
CURRENT POET LAUREATE:
Philip Levine

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Aware, Philip Levine was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress in August 2011. Levine's poetry has been set to music by American composers such as Fred Cohen.
Photo Credit: Geoffrey Berliner, courtesy of the Library of Congress More

Philip Levine