Eight youth poet laureates collaborated on the multimedia project "Cotton: A Retrospective." This collection of original poems was inspired by John Dowell's powerful photography series "Cotton." Check out the entire collection and watch youth poet Sainey Ceesay perform her poem "Angels are Coming."

Presented by Words Beats & Life, Washington Performing Arts Society, and National Endowment For The Arts

Students from our academy's poetry classes created this multimedia project. Learn more about our youth poet laureate program and sign up for our free classes by clicking the button below.