Paulann Petersen

Paulann Petersen (born 1942) an American poet from the state of Oregon.

A native of Portland, she was Oregon's sixth poet laureate.

[1] Following high school she went to Pomona College in Claremont, California, before returning to Oregon.

[2] Petersen settled in Klamath Falls in Southern Oregon with her family, remaining for 31 years.

[4] Petersen was appointed as Oregon's Poet Laureate in 2010, the sixth in state history, replacing Lawson Inada.