Bucks County Poets Laureate Details

Each Bucks County Poet Laureate receives a proclamation from the Bucks County Commissioners, a monetary award, and a reception at which the in-coming and out-going Poet Laureates read their original work.  Poet Laureate official duties include writing a poem to honor the recipient of the Bucks County Women’s History Month award and helping judge the Bucks County High School Student Poet of the Year.

Current Poet Laureate: Lorraine Henrie Lins

Former Bucks County Poets Laureate:

1977    Earl Mohn
1978    Christopher Bursk
1979    Judith Croxford
1980    Stan Heim
1981    Daniel Lusk
1982    Julie Cooper-Fratrik
1983    W.D. Ehrhart
1984    Pamela M. Perkins-Frederick
1985    Beverly Foss Stoughton
1986    Deborah Stevens
1987    Ellen Slack
1988    Charles Edward Mann
1989    Cheryl Baldi
1990    Mary Coolidge Cost
1991    Hayden Saunier
1992    Charles Munoz
1993    Terry Culleton
1994    Janet Poland
1995    River Huston
1996    Rachel Astarte Piccione
1997    Sue Markley Okamoto
1998    Kurt Krumpholz
1999    Lynn Levin
2000    Joseph A. Chelius
2001    Allen Hoey
2002    Luray Gross
2003    Brian Lutz
2004    Bill Wunder
2005    Patricia Goodrich
2006    Marie Kane
2007    Marcia Kroll
2008    Paula Raimondo
2009    Bernadette McBride
2010    Lorraine Henrie Lins
2011    Corie Feiner