Carol Hamilton (born 1935) was the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.[1][2]

Biography

Carol Jean Hamilton was born in 1935 in Enid, Oklahoma. Her mother, Ruby Barber, was also a poet and a professor at Rose State College and Midwest City High School.[3] Hamilton graduated Midwest City High School in 1953, received her bachelor's degree from Phillips University in 1956, and later a master's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.[4][2] She taught at Midwest City Del City schools, Rose State College, and the University of Central Oklahoma.[4] She helped found the Woody Guthrie Poets in 2004.[2]

Her book Once the Dust published by Broncho Press was a 1992 Oklahoma Book Award winner.[4] She won the 1987 and 1992 Byline Literary award for "The Summary" and "In the Distance," respectively.[5] She was nominated five times for a Pushcart Prize.[6] Her work has been published in many journals, including Christian Science Monitor, Christian Century, Arizona Quarterly,[3] Quartet, The Prairie Poet, Encounter, Audit, Discourse, Quoin, New Campus Review, Roanoke Review, and Cimarron Review.[7] Her poem "Patterns" appears in the 1983 anthology Peace: A Poetry Anthology created as a fundraiser for the Benedictine Peace House.[8]

See also

References

  1. Patricia Yarbrough, "Poets Laureate," The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, www.okhistory.org (accessed August 11, 2018). http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PO002
  2. 1 2 3 Holliday, Shawn, "1995-1997 Carol Jean Hamilton," The Oklahoma Poets Laureate pgs. 165-168
  3. 1 2 Brandenburg, John (8 June 1989). "Convention of state poetry societies to be held in city". The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Home".
  5. "Spotlight on You". The Daily Oklahoman. 3 March 1993. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. "Poetry reading is set in Norman on Sunday", The Oklahoman, May 17, 2012 https://newsok.com/article/3676005/poetry-reading-is-set-in-norman-on-sunday
  7. Brandenburg, John (17 September 1972). "Enid native will read poems here". The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. "State poets for peace plan Sunday reading in city". The Daily Oklahoman. 4 November 1983. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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