[6] Her poetry appeared in many literary journals – including Agni, The Boston Globe, Transition, World Literature Today, SpoKe, SX Salon, The Caribbean Writer, Callaloo, Salamander, Poiesis, Black Renaissance Noire, MaComère, and The American Poetry Review – and has been widely anthologised,[1] including in New Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby, 2019).
[7] Legros Georges's debut book of poems, Maroon, was published in 2001 by Northwestern University Press.
[10][11] In 2014, she was chosen as Boston's poet laureate,[4] the second person to hold the position since the first appointee, Sam Cornish, in 2008.
[1] In her role as laureate, she established visiting hours for Bostonians interested in discussions of poetry in branches of the Boston Public Library; created a senior writing workshop for residents of the Mount Pleasant Home and elders of the area community;[13] visited area schools; wrote occasional poems for civic events including the Mayor's State of the City addresses of 2015 and 2016, and the re-opening of the Boston Public Library's Central Branch; and collaborated with poets and poetry organizations in public art projects.
As the city laureate, Legros Georges collaborated with Boston-area museums, libraries, artists and students; and represented Boston internationally at literary festivals.