Poet Laureate of Vermont

The poet laureate of Vermont is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Vermont. Robert Frost was the first poet named as laureate by Joint House Resolution 54 of the Vermont General Assembly in 1961, less than two years before his death.^[1][2][3][4] The current position of state poet, a four-year appointment, was created by Executive Order 69 in 1988. In 2007, the designation was changed to poet laureate.^[5]

Poet Laureate of Vermont
Incumbent Bianca Stone since 2024
Type	Poet laureate
Formation	1961
First holder	Robert Frost

List of poets laureate

Robert Frost was the first poet laureate.

The following have held the position:

• Robert Frost (1961-1963)^[5][6]
• Galway Kinnell (1989–1993)^[5][6]
• Louise Glück (1994–1998)^[5][6]
• Ellen Bryant Voigt (1999–2002)^[5][6]
• Grace Paley (2003–2007)^[5][6]
• Ruth Stone (2007–2011)^[5][6]
• Sydney Lea (2011–2015)^[5][6][7][8]
• Chard deNiord (2015–2019)^[5][6][9]
• Mary Ruefle (2019–2024)^[5][6][10]
• Bianca Stone (2024-present)^[11]

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poet laureate
• List of U.S. state poets laureate
• United States Poet Laureate