Lily Kostner, a 7-year-old from Minneapolis, told Green she was going to win as she stretched the paper across the gallery ropes. It was a poem Lily wrote as gratitude for the kindness Green showed ...

Nonetheless, since its rediscovery in the 19th century after a few hundred years of obscurity, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has endured as one of the name-brand poems of the Arthurian legend.

A bill passed by the 2007 Legislature made Green's two-year title -- and his $10,000 stipend -- possible. His mission for those two years: Promote poetry. Since December, Green has worked with a ...