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'Offensive' poem about Condoleezza Rice stokes New Hampshire verse rift
Source: Associated Press
'Offensive' poem about Condoleezza Rice stokes New Hampshire verse rift
Associated Press in Concord
Sat 20 Jul 2019 21.44 BST Last modified on Sat 20 Jul 2019 22.24 BST
New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu has abandoned his pick for state poet laureate, amid growing criticism of the man’s work and how he was selected.
Daniel Thomas Moran, a retired dentist and former poet laureate of Suffolk county, New York, was never formally nominated for the New Hampshire post. But Sununu, a Republican, had chosen him.
Even before the discovery of a sexually suggestive poem Moran wrote about former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, some said he was not qualified.
On Friday, a spokesman for the governor said he would soon put a new name up for a vote.
State law requires the directors of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire (PSNH) to submit to the governor “the name or names of persons whom they deem to be worthy” of being poet laureate. The governor is not required to follow the recommendations.
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Associated Press in Concord
Sat 20 Jul 2019 21.44 BST Last modified on Sat 20 Jul 2019 22.24 BST
New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu has abandoned his pick for state poet laureate, amid growing criticism of the man’s work and how he was selected.
Daniel Thomas Moran, a retired dentist and former poet laureate of Suffolk county, New York, was never formally nominated for the New Hampshire post. But Sununu, a Republican, had chosen him.
Even before the discovery of a sexually suggestive poem Moran wrote about former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, some said he was not qualified.
On Friday, a spokesman for the governor said he would soon put a new name up for a vote.
State law requires the directors of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire (PSNH) to submit to the governor “the name or names of persons whom they deem to be worthy” of being poet laureate. The governor is not required to follow the recommendations.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/20/new-hampshire-poet-laureate-condoleezza-rice
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"Get a brain, Moran!"
...couldn't resist. 
All joking aside, eff ANYONE related to John Sununu. 
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