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Poets Laureate And Public Domain Clarified
9 January 2008, the poet @ 9:23 pm

A nice poem about teachers from an old master.

The Show Me State gets a poet laureate.

A small town poet laureate in the UK starts a blog.

From another poetry blog:

I did not allow myself time to ask permission to reprint any of his poems and so I can only provide short excerpts.

Just so you’ll know, you don’t need permission to reprint Longfellow’s poems. Anything published before 1923 in the U.S. is considered public domain. This is without restriction. Since he died in 1882, Longfellow is most definitely considered public domain. Besides, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind.

Oh, by the way, check out “Song of Hiawatha.”

1 Comment a “Poets Laureate And Public Domain Clarified”

1. Poet Hound — January 12, 2008 @ 10:10 am
   

   Thanks! I did not know about that little fact, doesn’t that make things easier?

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