Brenda Marie Osbey (born December 12, 1957, in New Orleans) is an American poet.
[1] She served as the Poet Laureate of Louisiana from 2005 to 2007.
[4] She was Visiting Writer-in-residence at Tulane University and Scholar-in-residence at Southern University.
She teaches at Louisiana State University.
Her work has appeared in Callaloo, Obsidian, Essence, Southern Exposure, Southern Review, Epoch, The American Voice, and The American Poetry Review.