R.I.P Mildred Vorpahl Baass November 16, 2012: Former poet laureate of Texas Mildred Vorpahl Baass passed on November 4th. She was 95. From Victoria Advocate: She lived through the Great Depression, served behind the front lines in World War II, was widowed, remarried and a mother to two daughters. And Mildred Vorpahl Baass, Poet Laureate of Texas from 1993 to 1995, wrote about [...] by Harriet Staff