In Praise Of Nevada’s Non-Poet Poet Laureate

Nevad’s official Poet Laureate hasn’t performed an official function for years. So the Nevada Arts Council wants to appoint a new poet to the job. Some disagree with the idea. “Norman Kaye may be an 82-year-old real estate agent who gave up the showbiz life more than 40 years ago. He may be completely ignorant of poetic sensibility and device. He may be unable to travel, to communicate with the kiddies about the importance or even the structure of poetry. But Norman Kaye is rightfully a legendary Nevadan who, in desperately clinging to some modicum of past glory by fighting for his right to stay poet laureate, embodies the poetry of this place.”