[Thomas Newton]

The City of San Francisco is seeking a new Poet Laureate. I hereby nominate the estimable poet, Dana Gioia. Of course, he happens to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, right now. On the upside, he is a native Californian with deep Bay Area roots, and he knows the value of a buck.
Alternatively, there is Thomas Newton. --Matt Rosenberg, rosenberg.com

[Robert Meyer]

I nominate Grace Slick, and I would force the little children to memorize "rejoyce" and "White Rabbit" in literature class. On the upside, I would ban the playing of "We Built This City On Rock 'n' Roll" from the airwaves forever.

Robert Meyer

[Thomas Newton]

Robert,

Of course the nomination is facetious, but it is interesting that in choosing the top 2 conservative poets for the San Francisco Poet Laureate that they would be Dana Gioia and Thomas Newton. rosenblog.com

[R. S. Gwynn]

Kay Ryan!

[Thomas Newton]

Never having heard of Kay Ryan, I did a Google search and found her at the Dana Gioia Online website and I also found a reference to R. S. Gwynn and this quote, “No American poet of his generation has written better sonnets, …” I was impressed. Congratulations Sam.

Thomas Newton
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