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                                4. PAST POETS LAUREATE

                                PAST POETS LAUREATE

                                Mary Susan Gast, Poet Laureate, 2020-2023

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                                Thomas Stanton, Poet Laureate, 2018-2020

                                Johanna Ely, Poet Laureate, 2016-2018

                                Don Peery, Poet Laureate, 2014-2016

                                Lois Requist, Poet Laureate 2012-2014

                                Ronna Leon, Poet Laureate 2010-2012

                                Robert Shelby, Poet Laureate 2008-2010

                                Robert Shelby's Obituary 1935-2016

                                Joel Fallon, Poet Laureate 2006-2008

                                Joel Fallon's Obituary 1931-2016

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