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YWP News: Writing Contest, New Writer to Read!

By admin2006 ~ Posted Tue, 03/04/2014 - 4:41pm
YWP News: Writing Contest, New Writer to Read!

Congratulations are in order: Pianolady is the newest writer to read! Check out her blog... wow.

 

Cash and Prizes Writing Contest: We want your opinion on school gardens. Do you have one? Do you want one? Let us know, and you could win 50 dollars cash for yourself, and a 50 dollar gift card towards the school or community garden of your choice. Check it out!

The Vermont Writes Day Anthology has been released! All of the best work from Vermont Writes Day compiled in one handy ebook! Feel free to download it or view it here.

New Groups to Join: Our collection of writers' groups continues to expand -- A group devoted 100% to giving you FEEDBACK! SciFi, Podcasting, Seven Minute Writes, Poetry and more! Check out the list of them here, and join any that catch your eye.

Open Hours: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at YWP HQ in Burlington, come by to do some writing in person! We would love to have you here.

YWP Radio: YWP Radio has been rebooted, new tracks, new scheduling, great stuff! Suggestions appreciated!

Enjoy!

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Athazagoraphobia: The Fear of Forgetting/Being Forgotten

By Kyrridwen ~ Posted Tue, 02/25/2014 - 12:59pm

All around me, every day, I see people trying to fit in. Young girls painting their faces with makeup to look like adults, adults wearing Tinkerbell shirts to look like kids. I see, in the lunchroom, shifty eyes and hurried exchanges and I know that good people are trying to seem cool. I see mean notes and smart kids and sad ones too. And it’s all normal. Read more »

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Translations

By pianolady ~ Posted Tue, 03/11/2014 - 12:57am

You were my translator

The only person

Who could understand

Me

 

Others assume

That I mean what I say

When I talk

 

When I tell them to ignore me

they do

When I tell them to leave me alone

they do

When I tell them to shut up

they do

When I tell them I hate them

they believe me

 

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Cancer

By pianolady ~ Posted Fri, 02/21/2014 - 5:22pm

Everything in my brain

Connects to you

Everything I say

Reminds me of you

Everything I write

Is about you

Everything I do

Is for you

 

At first

You were a small part of me

But now

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Braces

By pianolady ~ Posted Thu, 02/20/2014 - 10:02pm

Braces are the most

Wonderful things that ever happened to my mouth

They are so comfortable

They feel wonderful

On my teeth

Braces are so amazing

 

They're so beautiful

As they glimmer out of my mouth

Reflecting the sun

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Experiment

By somebody_else ~ Posted Mon, 03/10/2014 - 5:40pm

Hello! This piece is sort of an experiment--never done anything like this, and I'd love to know what works (and, rather more importantly, what doesn't). 

Testing, one, two.

September 23, 3:00 pm

Patient 413-8172013

First appointment after one week.

<Door opens and closes>

Good afternoon.

Hiya, Doc.

<Giggles>

I see we are in good spirits today. Would you tell me the joke?

Nope! It's private and personal, very rude to ask, Doc. Read more »

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inference

By McWriter ~ Posted Sun, 03/09/2014 - 1:59am

i.

i’m stuffing my ears with cotton

because there will never

be enough pores in my body

to absorb her voice.

 

too many people talking at once

and i can catch every

other word that she

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Gloria (A Harwood High student's interview in Rwanda)

By gg ~ Posted Sat, 03/01/2014 - 1:02pm

A group of Harwood High School students are in Rwanda on a service-learning exploration. This is the story of one of the women hosts for the group. She speaks of the loss of her family in the 1994 genocide. Very powerful story, but what is remarkable is the strength in her voice. For more posts from the journey, go to http://rwanda.ywpschools.net. YWP is assisting the group from afar, maintaining its Web site and curating work and comments. Read more »

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Broken Heart

By Samiam ~ Posted Wed, 05/29/2013 - 12:29pm

Editor's note: This piece is currently being featured on VTDigger.org!

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Little Mistake

By zeusfireair ~ Posted Mon, 04/22/2013 - 1:29pm
Little Mistake

Editor's note: this piece is being featured on VTDigger AND VPR.net!

 

 

 

 

I haven’t got a temperature,

My mind is sharp and clear,

And yet I am quite sure,

There’s something wrong up here.

 

I’m hoping you can help me, doctor,

I’ve got a problem now.

My head keeps getting hotter,

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My Baby Bro

By Carl P. III ~ Posted Fri, 03/07/2014 - 2:42pm

I am Br-Br

People don’t realize the unbreakable love of siblings.

But it’s there…

It really is.

As I sat in my father’s car, the radio droning about how 60% of all people look forward to the day after Thanksgiving, I remembered. And then I smiled. My baby brother is 10 months old. He has my Dad’s blonde hair and my Mom’s blue eyes. His smile lights up the whole

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Can You Love Me Too

By BC13 ~ Posted Fri, 03/07/2014 - 7:50pm

This is a song I wrote and uploaded to soundcloud. I got to record it with a Champlain College student, David Fiddler, who I met at an open mic a few weeks earlier. While we were recording, I pulled out this song I was working on, and we finished it and recorded it within a couple of hours. My voice was going by the time we got this cut, so forgive the little cracks. :) I'd really appreciate it if you'd check it out, as I'm really excited about it. Any suggestions and/or other kinds of feedback would be awesome. 

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