Verlaine et Rimbaud Verlaine et Rimbaud Verlaine et Rimbaud (English: ""Verlaine and Rimbaud"") is an album by Léo Ferré. It was released in 1964 by Barclay Records. This album is one of the first studio double albums in popular music history (before Bob Dylan's or Frank Zappa's). "Verlaine et Rimbaud" is Ferré's third LP entirely dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal" (""Flowers of Evil"") in 1957 and "Les Chansons d'Aragon" (""Songs of Aragon"") in 1961. Here, Ferré sets into music 10 poems from Arthur Rimbaud and 14 from Paul Verlaine. He considers their two different kind of poetry as
Poet laureate literature. Poet Laureate emeritus include Donald Berger (2005–2007) and Anne Becker (2007–2011). The Poet Laureate as of 2011 was Merrill Leffler. Sam Cornish was appointed the first Boston poet laureate in 2008, succeeded in 2015 by Danielle Legros Georges. In May 2007, Gov. Pawlenty reversed his opposition and signed Section 4, Chapter 148 of the Minnesota Session Laws 2007, establishing the state poet laureate. Robert Bly was appointed the first Minnesota poet laureate on February 27, 2008, succeeded on August 23, 2011 by Joyce Sutphen. The state of Ohio created the position of Poet Laureate in 2014. Dr. Amit Majmudar