Young Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since 2006. Each week, VTDigger features the writing and art of young Vermonters who publish their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for 12- to 18-year-olds. To find out more, visit youngwritersproject.org, or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwritersproject.org and 802-324-9538.
Drive
Isla Segal, 13, Woodstock
Take me on a drive.
I’ll roll the window down,
stick out my hand,
let it
soar through the air,
fly on the speed,
fly on the wind.
Take me on a drive.
I’ll paint a sketchbook full
of watercolor landscapes
in my head,
of the white-wrapped hay bales,
the green rows,
the red tractors,
the orange, rolling hills.
Take me on a drive.
I’ll breathe in the feeling
of just-right cold air,
comforting barn smells,
piles of pumpkins
for sale
on all the dirt roads.
Take me on a drive
through fall.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Young Writers Project: ‘Drive’.