Poets Laureate of Colorado
# Poets Laureate of Colorado

The Poet Laureate of Colorado is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Colorado. Colorado Poets Laureate are appointed to four-year terms. They are nominated by Colorado Creative Industries and Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, and chosen by the Governor. The State of Colorado also appointed singer/songwriter John Denver in 1974.

## List of Poets Laureate

The following have held the position:

* Alice Polk Hill (1919-1921)
* Nellie Burget Miller (1923-1952)
* Margaret Clyde Robinson (1952-1954)
* Milford E. Shields (1954-1975)
* Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1979-1988)
* Mary Crow (1996-2010)
* David Mason (2010-2014)
* Joseph Hutchison (2014-2019)
* Bobby LeFebre (2019-present)
