the.com/poet laureate

means An official poet appointed (often by a nation or institution) to write verse for state occasions and public life.

from From Latin 'laureatus,' meaning crowned with laurel — the leafy wreath ancient Greeks and Romans placed on victors and honored poets, since the laurel plant was sacred to Apollo, god of poetry. The title 'poet laureate' itself emerged in England, where monarchs formally bestowed it on a court poet expected to produce verses for royal occasions; the laurel wreath became a symbolic crown even after anyone stopped actually wearing one.