When I was appointed Poet Laureate of Rhode Island in November 2016, I inherited a monthly column space in The Providence Journal. When I took over the space in 2017, I introduced myself to the public on the second Sunday of January. For the rest of the year, however, I chose to showcase other Rhode Island poets by inviting them to guest-write for the second Sunday space. As writers from varied backgrounds and all walks of life, their contributions have been humorous, poignant, thought-provoking and insightful. A single poet's perspective can be valuable, but this broad spectrum of American voices has turned out even richer than I had imagined. Since 2018, I have continued to invite poets and people from other places and walks of life to write for this space on topics like democracy, education, and the first amendment. I am grateful for their contributions. Check it out!

2017
January--Tina Cane 
February--Rosalynde Vas Dias
March--Christopher Johnson
April--Seth Tourjee
May--Indigo Bethea
June--Darcie Dennigan
July--Christopher Kondrich
August--Mark Baumer Tribute
September--Mary Kim Arnold
October--Amy Pickworth
November--Sarah Saterlee
December--Tina Cane

​2018
January--Tina Cane
February--Eleni Sikelianos
March--Indigo Bethea
April--Robert Sniderman
May--Mike Ritz
​June--Tina Cane
​July--Moira Flath--Youth Poetry Ambassador
August--Claudia Martin
September--Ken Wagner--RI Commissioner of Education
​October--Kiani Pope--Deputy Youth Poetry Ambassador
​November--Barbara Polichetti--Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority
December--Tina Cane

2019
January--Tina Cane
February--Matthew Shenoda
March--Matthew Lippman
April--Chard DeNiord
May--Denise Duhamel
June--Gary Whitehead
July--Sussy Santana
August--Tongo Eisen-Martin
September--Catherine Sawoski--Youth Poetry Ambassador
October--Tyler Cordeiro--Deputy Youth Poetry Ambassador
November--Michael Klein
December--Tina Cane

2020
January--Tina Cane
February--Steven Brown, Executive Director of RI ACLU
March--Jared Goldstein, Roger Williams University
​April 2020--Laura Lavoie-Brown
June 2020--Lisa Narcisi Stewart
July 2020--Susan Tacent
September 2020--Halima Ibrahim, Youth Poetry Ambassador
November 2020--Tina Cane
December 2020--Tina Cane