Colorado’s new poet laureate will help celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary — and the nation’s 250th — this year while continuing to teach kids about poetry, work with artists statewide, and advocate for the arts. Jared Polis on Wednesday announced Crisosto Apache as the latest Colorado poet to receive the two-year term, following Boulder poet Andrea Gibson. He hails from Mescalero, New Mexico, on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, according to his website. “In his new position, Colorado’s Poet Laureate is our statewide ambassador of the arts, inspiring and uplifting the next generation of artists and poets in our state,” Polis said in the statement. “Today, perhaps more than ever, our young people need poetry,” Apache said.