--- title: A Really Optimistic Time for New Hampshire Poetry description: It’s a really optimistic time for New Hampshire poetry. 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New Hampshire poets are looking back, understanding that this state has this incredible, rich literary history. They have the history of Robert Frost, Donald Hall, and Sharon Olds. But I also feel there is the [#creation](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=creation&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7181189611652612096) at the moment of a more diverse and inclusive poetry community across the state that is drawing in young people. This is a state that has everything. We have mountains, we have oceans, we have these kinds of vital urban spaces. And that’s how I feel the poetry scene looks as well,” said Jennifer Militello, New Hampshire’s new poet laureate [in an interview with ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/26/metro/new-hampshires-new-poet-laureate-its-really-optimistic-time-poetry/)[Amanda Gokee](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/26/metro/new-hampshires-new-poet-laureate-its-really-optimistic-time-poetry/). 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