United States Poet Laureates | Exhibit

Explore the works of the U.S. Poet Laureates through selected books and broadsides held in the Archive of New Poetry, a part of UC San Diego Library's Special Collections & Archives.

United States Poet Laureates is on view outside of Special Collections & Archives on the 2nd (main) Floor of Geisel Library during the building's open hours through Sunday, December 13, 2026.

Image taken from "A Map to the Next World" by 2019-2022 Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Harjo was the first Native American Poet Laureate and centered her term on celebrating indigenous poetry and voices with her project "Living Nations, Living Worlds."