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As Calgary’s poet laureate, I’m interested in poetry as a form of civic listening

“Should taxpayers fund poetry or potholes?”

The Conversation · May 27

Arthur Sze is appointed US poet laureate as the Library of Congress faces challenges

The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze as the new U.S. poet laureate

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

Former poet laureate Ada Limón says artists must band together during 'dangerous times'

The 24th U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón says she encountered a surprising number of people who are writing and sharing poetry during her travels around the country

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

NASA is sending a 'message in a bottle' towards Jupiter. Here's how you can add your name to it

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is going to travel 2.6 billion kilometres to Jupiter's moon. Your name could be aboard it.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2023

US poet laureate dedicates ode to Europa for NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon

US Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, wrote a new poem for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa

The Hindu · Jun 2, 2023

A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission

"It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water..." Those words, by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, are part of an ode flying on NASA's Europa Clipper.

Space · Jun 2, 2023

Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter

A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

Amanda Shires gets candid: I'm not quiet

The musician talks fiddling, working with husband Jason Isbell and "Loving You" with Bobbie Nelson, out June 23

Salon · May 21, 2023

Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?

Poetry has often been a matter of nation building, including in Australia. Who hasn’t learnt by heart at school some verses from My Country (1908) by Dorothea Mackellar?

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

Meet Ada Limón, U.S. poet laureate

A brief history of our poet laureates and why Limón is the perfect person to be appointed now

Salon · Oct 8, 2022