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National Poetry Month 5/6/2020 Categories: Houston Poet LaureateReadingBooks & Reading Tags: #HoustonPoetLaureate#poetrymonth#poetry#writing#reading Our Poet Laureate has new broadsides to share this month!
Bayou City Broadsides 11/19/2019 Categories: Houston Poet Laureate Tags: #houstonwehavepoemspoet laureate Community poetry project!
Favorite Poem Project 6/6/2016 Categories: Books & ReadingCommunityHouston Poet Laureate Tags: poetrypoemwriting Houston poet laureate Robin Davidson writes about the Favorite Poem Anthology project.
Inauguration Ceremony Poem: "Like the Lantana" 3/5/2014 Categories: Houston Poet Laureate Tags: Annise ParkerGwendolyn ZepedapoetryinaugurationHouston Text and video of Gwendolyn Zepeda's poem for Mayor Annise Parker's 2014 Inauguration