<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/poetic-politician-maine-governors-skills-include-verse/"></div>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Many Mainers know Democratic Gov. Janet Mills as a level-headed leader, a pragmatic politician or even a former tough-minded prosecutor. But there’s another side to the governor she’s a poet. “If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/poetic-politician-maine-governors-ski
As governor, Janet Mills served on a committee that selected the state’s current poet laureate, Julia Bouwsma, and she restored poetry to inaugurations.