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 Precious Foreman perform her poem "Someone's Expense."

Students from our academy's poetry classes created this multimedia project. Learn more about our youth poet laureate program or sign up for our free classes for youth 13 to 18 years old and young adults 18 to 22 years old by clicking the button below. 

This multimedia project is presented by Words Beats and Life, Washington Performing Arts Society and the National Endowment For The Arts.