Fans Launch Government Petition to Name Mountain Goats' John Darnielle United States Poet Laureate

Photo by D.L. Anderson This could actually make perfect sense: On December 26, someone launched a governmental petition to name the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle the United States Poet Laureate. The position is currently filled by a Pulitzer Prize-winning college professor; past Poets Laureate have included Robert Frost, Robert Penn Warren, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, William Carlos Williams, and Gwendolyn Brooks. "John Darnielle is an American institution," reads the petition. "An inspira...