The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 298, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1977 Page: 31 of 40
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State’s New Poet Laureate Inspires Young Students
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named one of the state's outstanding
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A SPECIAL literary advisory com-
mittee <composed of top state poets and
cultural leaders received more than
300 nominations for 27 ports before rec-
ommending Ms Fry as Oklahoma s
new poet laureate of Oklahoma
Nominated by the Oklahoma Poetry
Society she succeeds Leslie McRill,
who moved to < incinnati
Despite all of this recognition, the
dimunitive poetess of the Cherokees
still claims that her greatest satisfac-
non <omeu from her years of work with
the children of Oklahoma Gov David
Boren said recently
After observing Maggie Culver Fry
at work in Lawton's two elementary
m hools classrooms, I wholeheartedly
agree She is a true inspiration to
youngsters and adults alike
"WE ALL have hang-ups and spe-
rial interests - things we like to do
Before reciting her poetry ‘she is au-
thor of more than 700 free lance arti-
cles, stories poems and plays) Ms
Fry briefly capsulized her life as a wri-
ter for her young listeners
The state s No 1 poet is in Lawton as
part of the city's two pilot elementary
schools in an Arts in Education pro-
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THE GREATEST thrill in the world
is knowing where we are going "
Vis Fry said working as a free-lance
writer is "a great challenge" because
"your work goes out everywhere it’s a
lot harder to write poems than books ”
Her work is widely published
throughout the United States and 'ana-
da One of her poems has been pub-
lished in England She also writes for
The 1 pper Room." a Methodist
Church worship magazine
Two of her volumes of poetry. Witch
Deer and The Umbilical Cord, have
won national and international awards
Witch Deer. published in I AM has
sold 4,000 copies 2 100 in hardcovers
and the remainder in paperbacks
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IVI grandmotherly type of woman
who immediately captures your atten
lion when she speaks
And when she recites her poetry, you
listen intently grasping every word
and thought expressed by the spry, 76
year-old Claremore woman
As Oklahoma's new post laureate.
Ms Fry today concludes a three day
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Western Hills elementary schools
"I am here to stir up a self
awareness within you she smiled as
she spoke to a large group of Pioneer
school students, sprawled on a bare
auditorium floor Tuesday afternoon
"I am here to awaken within you
whatever stirs you Recently, on the
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AND Ml. it marked the dawning of
a new state called Oklahoma she said
in conclusion Students applauded their
appreciation
When we like people — people will
then like us, she reminded her youth
ful audience slipping in bits of philoso-
phy between her poetry recitations
Ms Fry also played a recording of
her Will (Rogers) of Oologah County
for which she wrote the words and mu
sic, and also "Old Apache written by
her brother
One of Lawton's school principals in
troduced Ms Fry as "the greatest poet
in Oklahoma
"I question that tiecause we have
mans great poets in our state Ms
Fry later modestly retorted
Ms Fry a writer in-residence at
Claremore Junior College, has been
honored by the state legislature, lec -
tured at the National Poetry Convention
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Bentley, Bill F. The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 298, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1977, newspaper, September 28, 1977; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2038821/m1/31/: accessed June 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.