The Sad Story of Karl Dewey Myers by Jessie Wright-Mendoza published on 2013-05-08T03:06:10Z In honor of National Poetry Month, Traveling 219 produced this story on Karl Dewey Myers, the first poet laureate of West Virginia. Very little is known about Myers or his time as Poet Laureate, an honor he was awarded in 1927 and held for nearly a decade. What is known is that Myers was born severely disabled and never walked, a misfortune that was the first of several tragedies that plagued his life, and led to an unfortunate end for a man whose contributions to West Virginia history have been largely overlooked. Genre audio documentary
