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Poet Laureate |
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David Romtvedt
Appointed by the Governor Dave Freudenthal in August of 2004, David Romtvedt has received creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming Arts Council. His collection A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know won the National Poetry Series Book Award in 1991. He serves on the Wyoming Arts Council board and teaches at the University of Wyoming. |
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Featured Poets |
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Lee Ann Roripaugh
Lee Ann Roripaugh's first volume of poetry, Beyond Heart Mountain, was selected for the National Poetry Series and was a finalist for the 2000 Asian American Literature Award. She was born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming.
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Other Wyoming Poets
Gretel Ehrlich
Paisley Rekdal
Robert Roripaugh
Alan Swallow
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Literary organizations & centers |
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Wyoming Arts Council
The Council's Literature Program helps support new audiences for literature by sponsoring readings and workshops for the state's writers through its various granting programs. The Tumblewords Program provides grants to libraries, schools, and arts agencies that allows them to bring Wyoming writers into their communities. In Writers in Electronic Residence (WIER), professional writers provide on-line writing workshops to secondary school students.
Wyoming Writers, Inc.
Through annual conferences, monthly newsletters, workshops, activities, and networking, WWI brings its members together to strengthen the writing community.
Wyoming Young Authors
Wyoming Young Authors holds a yearly writing competition and conference for young writers from around the state.
WyoPoets
WyoPoets holds regular poetry contests and publishes chapbooks of poetry. The annual meeting of WyoPoets is held in conjunction with the Wyoming Writers, Inc. Conference the first weekend in June. Contact Mary Hein, WyoPoets Treasurer, at 846 South Lincoln Street, Caspar, WY 82601-3351, or email mhein@coffey.com. |
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Visitors from Wyoming Enjoy ... |
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Most Popular Poems
1. Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night...
2. We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We...
3. One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master...
4. The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams
so much depends...
5. As I Walked Out One Evening
by W. H. Auden
As I walked out one evening...
6. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)
by William Shakespeare
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun...
7. The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...
8. Sick
by Shel Silverstein
"I cannot go to school today"...
9. Daddy
by Sylvia Plath
You do not do, you do not do...
10. Her Kind
by Anne Sexton
I have gone out, a possessed witch...
(Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.) |
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Poems about Wyoming |
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Lupine Ridge
by Peggy Simson Curry
Long after we are gone...
Mortal Limit
by Robert Penn Warren
saw the hawk ride updraft in the sunset over Wyoming... |
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Readings series, conferences, & literary festivals |
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Jackson Hole Writers Conference
This yearly conference is composed of three basic elements: speeches and panel discussions by some of the most successful writers, editors and agents in the business; workshops led by working writers featuring inside advice on the craft of writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and screenplays; and evaluation of participants manuscripts.
Muddy Waters Coffee House Open Mic Night
Weekly open mic night held Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at Muddy Waters Coffee House, 113 Grand Ave., Laramie, WY Contact (307) 742-6982. |
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Literary journals & small presses |
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High Plains Press
A small press which specializes in books on Wyoming and poetry of the American West. Their poetry series features notable poets writing about the West including titles by Jane Candia Coleman, Laurie Wagner Buyer, Mary Lou Sanelli and Robert Roripaugh.
Owen Wister Review
A literary and arts magazine published twice a year. Independently managed and produced by University of Wyoming students, it features poetry, short stories, essays, photography and artwork. Contact Box 3625, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, call (307) 766-3819 or email owr@uwyo.edu. |
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Writing programs & colonies |
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University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming offers a MA degree with a concentration in Creative Writing. The Creative Writing department maintains a website, Poetry Wyoming, that provides information about poetry events in the state. |
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