The State of Illinois has a new Poet Laureate and fellow poets rejoice

The State of Illinois has a new Poet Laureate and fellow poets rejoice

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” As a child I danced to the heartful, savage rhythm of the Native, the American Indian, in the Turtle Mountains, in the Round Hall, in the greasy light of kerosene lamps. “Mark Turcotte’s work reflects the complex and beautiful landscape of both our state and the country as a whole through his un…