Young Writers Project

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Young Writers Project: 'If A Tree Falls In The Forest'

I am 237 years old today,the oldest tree in this forest.I am a living measurement of time,a history book in its most natural form.Wizened by decades of…

Middlebury, Vermont, poet Amanda Gomes writes about her identity as the invisible, overlooked outcast among her peers.

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Young Writers Project: 'Irrelevance'

Pluto is a planet to me.It's a small one, but a planet just like the rest.I relate to Pluto more than the average girl.Some people would describe me as…

Barnet, Vermont, poet, Jordan Barbour, uses the mystery of the sphere to illuminate the distinction between fate and desire.

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Young Writers Project: 'Prophecies Of The Heart'

The oiled surface of the standshows each glossy glint,a subtle river dripping infinite varietiesof the ways your life could go,the ebb and flow of…

This week's Chelsea, Vermont, writer, Marina Sprague, connotes the small moments that bring her joy with the definition of poetry itself.

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Young Writers Project: 'I Love'

I love staring at the clear night sky for hours.I love to sit on my deck and paint the landscape.I love the smell of freshly cut grass and campfires.I…

Milton essayist, Amelia Canney, is still one year shy of the right to vote, but reaches out to her readers to ask that they never forget the victims of domestic and global injustices.

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Young Writers Project: 'I Remember'

I remember a time when I thought the world was a beautiful place. I remember thinking about villains in stories and movies, and laughing because everyone…

Shelburne poet Charlotte Hughes toys with the idea of a tug-of-war between the best and worst parts of ourselves at the discovery of unclaimed money on the street.

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Young Writers Project: 'Meeting'

One moment,one opportunity.A simple eye connectionand secret looks at the ground.A bag spilling with coins, bills –faces glaring up at us,screaming, “Take…

Orwell, Vermont, Faith Holzhammer takes us to a gritty place this week as she contemplates the future of Earth and its youngest inhabitants.

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Young Writers Project: 'What Is A Right?'

Daylight swims in puddled rain,milking Sunday afternoons with pain,shattering the weakest segment of chain. Daylight questions dreamers' answers.Dogs of…

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the American people the right to freedom of religion - but that is not to say that bigotry does not persist in our midst, as this week's 13-year-old poet Narges Anzali, of Weybridge, points out.

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Young Writers Project: 'To All The People Who Hate Muslims'

To all the people who hate Muslims:Do I scare you? They call it Islamophobia after all.Do I scare you? Does my family scare you?Let me give you a summary…

Burlington, Vermont-based poet, Addie DeLeonardis-Page, wants readers to relish and melt into the pages of the stories they hold between their hands.

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Young Writers Project: 'Beautifully Heartbreaking'

Pick up a book and start to read.Close your eyes and let yourself feel.Let the story take you through it all.Be encompassed in the bliss of love.Get lost…

Twelve-year-old Montpelier, Vermont, poet Hazel Green points unflinchingly at some of American society's most prominent flaws, and commits her voice and efforts to the enactment of change.

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Young Writers Project: 'A Knock On Society's Door'

Everyone gets a chance to knock,but only some are let in.When it is my turn, I knock once –once for the one individual each of us can be.I knock twice…