In 1919, it became the second state to launch a poet laureate program. Works of the first ten poet laureates, including never-before-published poems by Gibson, are collected in Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology, which was released late last year. Megan FalleyAs the new poet laureate, Apache plans to reach out to youth across the state and work with county poet laureates. Until recently, there hasn’t been a lot of rhyme or reason to when governors appointed their poet laureates. Bobby LeFebre served as Colorado poet laureate before Gibson succeeded him in 2023; he consulted with Turner on the anthology.