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Friends, family and admirers will remember St. Louis poet Michael Castro during a memorial service Sunday at Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman鈥�

Updated 3:00 p.m., Dec. 28, with "St. Louis on the Air" segment 鈥� When Michael Castro spoke in the City Hall Rotunda last month to pass the St. Louis poet鈥�

There was more than a year of back-and-forth about who should succeed St. Louis鈥� inaugural Poet Laureate Michael Castro. But the moral of this story is鈥�

Jane Ellen Ibur鈥檚 long wait to be designated as St. Louis鈥� official poet will soon be over. A task force first chose Ibur in December 2016 to replace鈥�

Updated with information from the Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed's office 鈥� The St. Louis poet laureate position is vacant following the鈥�

Some in the St. Louis poetry community are upset about a delay in announcing a new poet laureate.In December 2014, Michael Castro was ushered in with鈥�

Two official St. Louis poets don鈥檛 always agree on what鈥檚 appropriate but they do concur on at least one thing: If you want change, you've got to work for鈥�

St. Louis has a long and rich literary tradition having produced such noted writers as Tennessee Williams, T.S. Eliot, Eugene Field and Maya Angelou. On鈥�

Updated to include Michael Castro's poetry and interview audio, and reaction from poet Shirley Bradford LeFlore.Except for dotting the 鈥渋鈥檚鈥� and crossing鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 18, 2013 - "Welcome to our tavern, a fine and public place / to rest and talk, in momentary鈥�