Welcome The 2013 National Student Poets

Photo by Lawrence Jackson 

Here are the new 2013 National Student Poets, of which one is my daughter, Sojourner Ahebee.  These wonderful poets were recently- Sept. 20, 2013-received in the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama, who is the honorary chair of The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.  Featured in the photo with Mrs. Obama are the 2013 National Student Poets Michaela Coplen, Sojourner Ahebee, Nathan Cummings, Louis Lafair and Aline Dolinh.  

The 2013 National Student Poets at Their Appointment Ceremony in Washington, D.C. 

           Here is a link to learn more about the National Student Poet Program:  http://www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/national-student-poets-program/

Here are the 2013  National Student Poets with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 

at a Library Congress event in honor of the 2013 National Book Festival. Sept. 20, 2013

Photo Credit- D. Cummings

The 2013 National Student Poets on the balcony outside of the
Poetry Room of the Library of Congress- Photo Credit- D. Cummings 

 Sojourner is representing the Midwest region because she attends boarding school in Michigan.

Supporting partners of the National Student Poets Program include President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services and Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. 

                                      The 2013 National Student Poets with writer Joyce Carol Oates 
                    at the 2013 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Photo Credit- D. Cummings