In the Company of Laureates 2023

Virginia Poet, Northern Region Vice President of The Poetry Society of Virginia, and event coordinator, Cathy Hailey, provided opening remarks at the 2-day biennial "In the Company of Laureates" in Woodbridge, VA on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

Poet Laureates in attendance at the 2023 In the Company of Laureates.

Tom Burson, The International Poetics Foundation Poet Laureate

Katherine E. Young 
Arlington, Virginia, Poet Laureate Emeritus

Natalie Potell
Prince William Co, Virginia, Poet Laureate Emeritus

Rich Follett
Strasburg, Virginia, Poet Laureate

Roscoe Burnems
Richmond, Virginia, Poet Laureate

Zeina Azzam
City of Alexandria, Virginia, Poet Laureate

Lindsey Mayer

Poet Laureates in attendance at the 2023 In the Company of Laureates.

JoAnn Balingit
Delaware, Poet Laureate Emeritus 2008-2015

Jenny Burkholder
Montgomery County, PA, Poet Laureate

Paulette Gardner

Virginia Poets and event organizers, Alice Mergler and Cathy Hailey gave opening remarks for the 2023 In the Company of Laureates in Woodbridge, VA on Saturday, October 7.

Chad Frame 
Montgomery Co, PA, Poet Laureate Emeritus

John Berry
Poet Laureate

Poetry workshop hosted by Michelle Garcia, Prince William County Poet Laureate 2022-2024.

Marc Harshman 
West Virginia, Poet Laureate

Holly Karapetkova
Arlington, VA Poet Laureate Emeritus

Heather Grant
Poet Laureate

James P. Wagner
National Beat Poet Laureate

Cheryl T. Cooley
President, The Poetry Society of Virginia

Sistah Joy Alford
Prince George's County, MD