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Kathleen Driskell, poet, essayist, teacher,
& Kentucky Poet Laureate 2025-26
Kathleen Driskell, poet, essayist, teacher
Poem for Grown Children ~ The New Yorker
Silas House's Writing Matters podcast: What Makes A Great Poem with Kathleen Driskell
Three Poems ~ Still: The Journal
"Keats in Your Time of Pandemic' ~ Appalachian Review
"The Death of the Snake Handler" ~ Verse Daily
"What the Girl Wore" ~ Shenandoah
Kentucky Poet Laureate: Writing helps to understand ‘who we are and where we’re going’--THE RECORD
Oldham County native named Kentucky’s next poet laureate
“Writing has given me a life I never could have imagined," Kathleen Driskell said. She's an award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher.
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