Check out upcoming events with our Poet Laureate!
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Award-winning author, master storyteller, and City of Rock Hill Poet Laureate Carlo L'Chelle Dawson returns as the dynamic Patchwork Tales festival emcee! Learn more about Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival here.
Attention! Applications for Rock Hill’s Next Youth Poet Laureate are now open! If you’re a poet, spoken word artist, emcee, or writer between the ages of 13-18 and enjoy writing, performing, and serving your community, then, we want YOU! See the flyer for more details! Click here to apply.
Check out upcoming events with our Youth Poet Laureate!
Our "Poetry & PJs"event is hosted by our Youth Poet Laureate, Kh'Mani Gilliam.
Our "Poetry & Pizza" event is hosted by our Youth Poet Laureate, Kh'Mani Gilliam.
Our Poet Laureate Carlo L'Chelle Dawson featured in a special interview by PBS Charlotte.
Our Poet Laureate Carlo L'Chelle Dawson featured in a special interview by PBS Charlotte.
We are so proud of you Carlo!
We are so proud of you Carlo!
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Purpose
Purpose
The City of Rock Hill Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate use their roles to create awareness and appreciation for poetry through community outreach, civic engagement, commemoration of the city, and the promotion of literacy across the greater Rock Hill area.
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
- Robert Frost
History
History
The City of Rock Hill Poet Laureate program is an initiative launched in 2018 by Rock Hill Mayor John Gettys. The program is managed by the Poet Laureate Committee, made up of representatives from local arts, nonprofit, education, and community organizations.
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