Telegram & Gazette: "Worcester Poet Laureate Oliver de la Paz wants to bring 'national spotlight' to city
Oliver de la Paz was prepared for his first official appearance as Worcester’s new Poet Laureate.
At the swearing-in ceremony for Worcester City Manager Eric D. Batista on Jan. 6 at Worcester City Hall, de la Paz read his poem written for the occasion, "Coming Home to the City of Song."
Full of Worcester imagery ("In my dreaming mind, hazy, full of lists/and wishes, I drive down Major Taylor" ... bright/signage of the DCU spells out this crescendo/of drama and glee") the poem is about greeting a loved one on their return after being "away somewhere far."