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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
July 3, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Brostoff, Sinicki, Anderson,
Zamarripa, Crowley, Spreitzer, Goyke, L. Myers, Neubauer, Vruwink,
Hesselbein, Bowen, Sargent, Ohnstad, Subeck, Cabrera, Skowronski and C.
Taylor
, cosponsored by Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Wirch and Bewley.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
1Relating to: recognizing Margaret Rozga for her appointment as Wisconsin Poet
2Laureate.
3 Whereas, on January 14, 2019 the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission
4announced that Margaret “Peggy” Rozga will serve as Wisconsin's poet laureate for
52019 and 2020; and
6 Whereas, Rozga is a well-known writer from Milwaukee, whose poetry
7collections include Though I Haven't Been to Baghdad and Pestiferous Questions: A
8Life in Poems
; and
9 Whereas, in 2009, Rozga received a bronze medal for her first book, 200 Nights
10and One Day
, in the Independent Publishers Book Awards; and
11 Whereas, in 2010 and 2013, the Wisconsin Library Association honored her
12with the Outstanding Achievement in Poetry literary award; and
13 Whereas, she is an emeritus professor of English at the University of
14Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha, where she teaches a continuing education
15poetry workshop; and

1Whereas, Rozga also serves on the program committee for the Southeast
2Wisconsin Festival of Books and as a judge for poetry and writing contests
3throughout the country; and
4 Whereas, Rozga's remarkable poems draw on her experiences and interests as
5an educator, avid reader, parent, and advocate for social and racial justice; and
6 Whereas, in her role as poet laureate, Rozga will serve as state ambassador of
7poetry by giving poetry readings throughout the state; and
8 Whereas, Rozga has announced that her three initiatives as poet laureate
9include: encouraging people to claim a favorite poem, encouraging book clubs to focus
10at least one meeting a year on poetry, and building a Wisconsin poetry presence on
11social media; now, therefore, be it
12Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
13Legislature offers its congratulations to Margaret Rozga for her appointment as
14Wisconsin Poet Laureate.
15 (End)
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