About the Young Writers Project
YWP, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, Vermont, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power and to gain confidence and skills for the workplace and life. YWP publishes about 1,000 students’ work each year here, in newspapers across Vermont, on Vermont Public Radio and in YWP’s monthly digital magazine, The Voice. Since 2006, it has offered young people a place to write, explore and connect online at youngwritersproject.org, which has only one rule: Be respectful. For more information, please contact YWP executive director Geoffrey Gevalt at ggevalt@youngwritersproject.org.
Morgan Biele, a sophomore from Woodstock, writes an appreciation for her school backpack and all the treasures it holds.
The Weight on My Shoulders
By Morgan Biele
[L]ike Dora I rely on my pack;
It has every little thing I lack.
The fact I forgot during my test
Is in that book next to the rest.
It bears the weight I carry on my shoulder,
Gaining pounds with each year I get older.
It holds my future by worksheet and note,
Each calculation and essay I wrote.
I know this bag always has my back;
It can decipher the codes I cannot crack.
If you seek this help, then be my guest;
My backpack has proven to be the best.
It contains the plethora of binder and folder,
An absolute stun to every beholder.
Now granted, I really don’t want to gloat,
Yet there is nothing about these for one to demote.
A backpack is really a nerd’s best friend,
Providing the support, a person just can’t extend.
Check out the May issue of The Voice, the Young Writers Project monthly digital magazine. Click here.
