Poet 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 (2019-2023)
 * Andrea Gibson (2023-present)