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Richmond Magazine: The Power of Poetry

Posted on January 31, 2021May 11, 2021 by Kelsey McMahon

Meet Roscoe Burnems, Richmond’s first poet laureate

by Holly Rodriguez

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Douglas Powell, aka Roscoe Burnems, will serve as Richmond’s poet laureate for a two-year term. (Photo by Jay Paul)

On January 20, 2021, when Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history as she presented her poem “The Hill We Climb” during the inauguration ceremony for President Joseph R. Biden, the world experienced the power of poetry.

Just one week earlier, the city of Richmond announced that Douglas Powell — known as Roscoe Burnems when he is onstage — would become the city’s first poet laureate.

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