Past Poets Laureate
Past Washington State Poet Laureates
2007-09: Samuel Green
Sam Green is a Washington native and resides on remote Waldron Island. A distinguished poet and author of several poetry collections, including The Grace of Necessity (winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award for poetry), his work has appeared in numerous publications. For more than thirty years, he has served as editor of a small press focusing on the work of Washington poets. He has been a visiting poet and poetry teacher at Seattle University for several years and has been active with the Skagit River Poetry Festival.





