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==As poet laureate==​

==As poet laureate==​

Boese was first appointed in 1980 as poet laureate by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] from 1984 to 1888. She returned for a second stint as poet laureate from 1996 to 2004 under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]].

Boese was first appointed as poet laureate in 1980 by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] from 1984 to 1888. She returned for a second stint as poet laureate from 1996 to 2004 under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]].

She was succeeded as poet laureate in 2005 by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, an appointee of Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]].​ <ref name=poetlaureates>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/louisiana.html|title=Previous laureates|publisher=Library of Congress|date=February 23, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>  There are two samples of her work at the end of this article.

She was succeeded as poet laureate in 2005 by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, an appointee of Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]].​ <ref name=poetlaureates>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/louisiana.html|title=Previous laureates|publisher=Library of Congress|date=February 23, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>  There are two samples of her work at the end of this article.

In the 1976 campaign, Boese remained neutral in the fight between President [[Gerald Ford]] and former California Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. The Louisiana caucuses in May had gone heavily for Reagan. She was quite optimistic that Ford, who emerged the nominee (with Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] as his running-mate) from the convention that met in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], would yet defeat Democratic nominee [[Jimmy Carter]]: "The more I read those polls {with Carter far in front}, the more optimistic I am. I am expecting a Democratic Dewey, and I can hardly wait," she said, in reference to former [[New York]] Governor [[Thomas Dewey]], who lost the presidency in 1944 and 1948, though he had been favored in nearly all polls in the latter contest.<ref>''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' July 27, 1976.​</ref>​

In the 1976 campaign, Boese remained neutral in the fight between President [[Gerald Ford]] and former California Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. The Louisiana caucuses in May had gone heavily for Reagan. She was quite optimistic that Ford, who emerged the nominee (with Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] as his running-mate) from the convention that met in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], would yet defeat Democratic nominee [[Jimmy Carter]]: "The more I read those polls {with Carter far in front}, the more optimistic I am. I am expecting a Democratic Dewey, and I can hardly wait," she said, in reference to former [[New York]] Governor [[Thomas Dewey]], who lost the presidency in 1944 and 1948, though he had been favored in nearly all polls in the latter contest.<ref>''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' July 27, 1976.​</ref>​

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==Her poem "Leadership"==

==Her poem "Leadership"==

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