Poet Laureates

United States
Robert Penn Warren	1986-1987
Richard Wilbur	1987-1988
Howard Nemerov	1988-1990
Mark Strand	1990-1991
Joseph Brodsky	1991-1992
Mona Van Duyn	1992-1993
Rita Dove	1993-1995
Robert Hass	1995-1997
Robert Pinsky	1997-2000
Stanley Kunitz	2000-2001
Billy Collins	2001-2003
Louise Glück	2003-2004
Ted Kooser	2004-2006
Donald Hall	2006-2007
Charles Simic	2007-2008
Kay Ryan	2008-
United Kingdom
John Dryden	1668-1689
Thomas Shadwell	1689-1692
Nahum Tate	1692-1715
Nicholas Rowe	1715-1718
Laurence Eusden	1718-1730
Colley Cibber	1730-1757
William Whitehead	1757-1785
Thomas Warton	1785-1790
Henry James Pye	1790-1813
Robert Southey	1813-1843
William Wordsworth	1843-1850
Alfred, Lord Tennyson	1850-1892
Alfred Austin	1896-1913
Robert Bridges	1913-1930
John Masefield	1930-1967
C. Day Lewis	1968-1972
Sir John Betjeman	1972-1984
Ted Hughes	1984-1998
Andrew Motion	1999-