To commemorate National Poetry Month in April, the Lehigh Valley Press newspapers and web sites present the 11th annual Student Poetry Project.

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

Students whose poems appear on Page B1 had the opportunity to read their poems and be interviewed on the April 18 “Lehigh Valley Arts Salon,” Lehigh Valley Community Public Radio Station WDIY, 88.1, wdiy.org.

The Student Poetry Project adjudication committee convened March 15 and read 200 poems submitted by students from the Lehigh Valley region.

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