The Vineyard’s new poet laureate Claudia Taylor will give a reading at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.

On Saturday the community will gather at Featherstone Center for the Arts to celebrate Claudia Taylor as the new poet laureate of the Vineyard. The program begins at 4 p.m.

Billy Collins, the bestselling poet and former U.S. poet laureate, delighted a packed house at Featherstone Center for the Arts with his carefully observed poetry and humor.

West Tisbury’s new poet laureate is Tain Leonard-Peck, whose appointment was confirmed by the select board Wednesday afternoon.

Justen Ahren has always been a musician as well as a writer, releasing his first album Remembering more than 20 years ago.

Jill Jupen has been selected as the 2019-2021 Poet Laureate of Martha’s Vineyard.

The new poet laureate for West Tisbury, Spencer Thurlow, joined other Island poets on Sunday, including three former town laureates, at a reading held at the library.

The former poet laureate of West Tisbury, Justen Ahren, stepped into his Island-wide laureate role with an April 30 reception at the West Tisbury Free Public Library.