David Harrison is Missouri's poet laureate. But what just does a poet laureate do, and are there responsibilities they must fulfill?
Harrison said he had to write a poem about Missouri, which he shares with us, but, besides that, he said he's working to find ways to make poetry as accessible as possible to Missourians.
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Michele Skalicky