In this Sept. 18, 2012 photograph taken at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey poses outside the president's office prior to attending a luncheon in her honor. Trethewey hopes to develop a national discussion on poetry and its relevance to society and place. The Gulfport native also serves as Mississippi's Poet Laureate. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)