In 2001, Dennis Lee was made Toronto's first Poet Laureate.
In 2004, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco became Toronto's second Poet Laureate.
In 2009, Dionne Brand became Toronto's third Poet Laureate.
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“The great poet makes us feel our own wealth, and then we think less of his compositions. His best communication to our mind is to teach us to despise all he has done.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)