Poets Laureate of West Virginia
# Poets Laureate of West Virginia

The Poet Laureate of West Virginia is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of West Virginia. West Virginia established the position of Poet Laureate by statute in 1927. The appointment was defined by statute as "at the pleasure of the Governor", but has become an indefinitely renewable two-year term.

## List of Poets Laureate

* Karl Myers (1927–1937)
* Roy Lee Harmon (March 12, 1937 – 1943)
* James Lowell McPherson (1943–1946)
* Roy Lee Harmon (October 11, 1946 – 1960)
* Vera Andrews Harvey (1960–1961)
* Roy Lee Harmon (March 7, 1961 – 1979)
* Louse McNeil (Pease) (1979–1993)
* Irene McKinney (1994–2012)
* Marc Harshman (2012– )
