Oriental Mysticism in the Works of Konstantin Balmont, the Poet of Symbolism and Poet Laureate of the Russian Language by Marzieh Yahyapour, Masoumeh Motamednia, Janolah Karimi Motahhar

“…In this article, while introducing Konstantin Balmont, the symbolist poet of the twentieth century of Russia, known as Poet Laureate in Russian literature, attention has been paid to his oriental themes in the context of the Russian Symbolist School. …”
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Forms of Sequentiality in Contemporary English Poetry: Simon Armitage and Glyn Maxwell by Peter Hühn

“…This article briefly sketches a theoretical approach to the description of the sequential extension of poetic texts and applies it to examples from the work of two prominent contemporary English poets, Simon Armitage, the present poet laureate, and Glyn Maxwell.…”
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Owen and Sassoon Reconsidered by Cristina Pividori

“…The centenary of the Great War (2014-2018) has sparked a renewed poetic output, leading to the publication of anthologies like Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s 1914: Poetry Remembers (2013). …”
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"Magic Dirt": Transcending Great Divides in Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia by Eva-Maria Müller

“…Scott McClanahan, rising star of the US Indie Lit world and "Poet Laureate of Real America" (Moran), writes miasmic chronicles of life in a West Virginian holler. …”
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Bohuslaus of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein. A Poet between Nations and Denominations by Marta Vaculínová

“…The Catholics did not “take him back” until long after the defeat of the non-Catholic Estates, and in the second half of the seventeenth century the Jesuits presented a legend of him as a poet laureate of the Pope himself. In parallel, his legacy lived on in the German Lutheran lands, where his first brief monograph was written and reprints of his works were published. …”
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