Scope and Contents Poet William Trowbridge has been appointed Missouri's next poet Laureate, and is the first Kansas City poet to receive the title.He was a guest on Central Standard earlier this year, where he shared selections from his book Ship of Fool.The collection features a series of poems about one of the oldest literary figures there is: the fool. The term “Ship of Fools” is one of the most enduring allegories in Western literature and art -- a vessel populated by mankind,...