To commemorate “National Poetry Month” in April, the Lehigh Valley Press presents the 14th annual Student Poetry Project.

Please see Page B1 and B3 and the Focus pages on the Press websites for poems selected in the Elementary School, Middle School and High School categories.

Students whose poems are published on Page B1 read their poems and were interviewed on the April 15 broadcast of “Lehigh Valley Arts Salon” on WDIY, 88.1, wdiy.org, Lehigh Valley Public Radio and NPR affiliate.

The Student Poetry Project adjudication committee met March 19 to read more than 100 poems submitted by students from the Lehigh Valley region.

The Press Student Poetry Project committee included George VanDoren, retired Bethlehem Area School District English teacher, chair; Bonnie Bleiler, writing teacher, middle school, high school, Cornerstone Educational Community; Nancy Coco, retired, Director, Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Project; Marilyn Hazelton, Poet and Teaching Artist; Shirley Daluisio, retired Bethlehem Area School District English teacher, and Paul Willistein, Focus editor.

The Lehigh Valley Press thanks the students who submitted their poems for the Student Poetry Project, as well as the school teachers, parents and guardians who encouraged them.