… The North Carolina Poet Laureate Question (1) | Capital Commentary. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
The post dates to when monarchs needed the praise of scribes. It is a souvenir from the past. Let's keep the government out of poetry — or at least keep the remuneration to a butt of sack. (I did once, however, try my hand at the British laureate's official duties.)
On a related note, poets at POTUS inaugurations cause me to shudder and groan. Oddly enough, but for different reasons, clerics offering so called prayers at government events annoy and sadden me. But that's just cynical old me.
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