Correction, big time. What's going on? A senior moment. How could i be thinking Ted Hoosier and write Ted Hughes. Ted Hoosier is a former Poet Laureate of the United States. Ted Hughes was a British poet, married to Sylvia Plath. Our current Poet Laureate, appointed June 7 of this year, is Natasha Trethewey. You can find out more about her using Google. Sorry.