caption children birth_place awards name birth_date spouse genre image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
byer hall of fame in 2012 accepting an award from the north carolina literary 1 camilla , georgia north carolina poet laureate kathryn stripling byer 1944 jim byer poetry , essays kathryn stripling byer.jpg kathryn stripling byer
 kathryn stripling poet wesleyan college , b.a. unc-greensboro , m.f.a.
kathryn stripling byer

kathryn stripling byer -lrb- born 1944 -rrb- , also called kay byer , is an american poet and teacher .
she was named by governor mike easley as the fifth north carolina poet laureate , 2005 -- 2009 and was the first woman to hold the position .
