2008 Poet Laureate – Elizabeth Rivers

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Poet Laureate 2008 ELIZABETH RIVERS Elizabeth Rivers has won the Milton Dorfman Poetry prize, 1999, and the Portland Pen Poetry contest, 2000, and has been published in various magazines. Chosen as the Montgomery County Poet Laureate, PA for 2008 by Marie Howe, she is...

2007 Poet Laureate – David Simpson

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Poet Laureate 2007 DAVID SIMPSON David Simpson is a musician, poet, and actor. He earned a Master of Music degree in organ performance from Westminster Choir College, before traveling to Paris, France for a year of private study with the world-renowned organist André...

2006 Poet Laureate – Deborah Fries

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Poet Laureate 2006 DEBORAH FRIES  Deborah Fries has published her poems in North American Review, Cream City Review, Cimarron Review, Terrain.org, ForPoetry and other print and online journals. She is the author of Various Modes of Departure, published by Kore Press...

2005 Poet Laureate – Sean Webb

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Poet Laureate 2005 SEAN WEBB Before moving to Philadelphia Sean Webb was a lifelong westerner having lived in Washington, Arizona, Iowa, New Mexico, and Utah. Along the way he worked over 30 widely divergent jobs that often find their way into his poetry. He currently...

2004 Poet Laureate – Teresa Mendez-Quigley

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Poet Laureate 2004 TERESA MENDEZ-QUIGLEY Teresa Méndez-Quigley won second prize in the Annual Mad Poets Competition in 2000 and her poem “Dreaming In Italian” won Judge’s Choice award in 2001. Teresa was one of five winners in the ‘Significant Other’...