#122 Poet Laureate

Not even knowing what a poet laureate was, I set out to first figure out what it meant and secondly I read the works of the current poet laureate Charles Simic. Every year I found out the United States Library of Congress appoints a poet to be responsible for a number of poetry readings and lectures at the library They also have the job of promoting poetry, whatever that means. They're also given $35,000 for this title. I read a few of the poems by Charles Simic and came to the conclusion that I'd rather be reading the ingredients on a cereal box. No offense to him, it's just not my thing.