Young Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwritersproject.org; (802) 324-9538.
There’s something about a long drive through the countryside that refreshes the soul, no matter the season. When that ride is experienced in the fall, however, there is a special magic in the air that cannot be quantified. This week’s featured poet, Isla Segal of Woodstock, begs for the serenity of an autumn cruise through rolling, rainbow hills and farm stands piled with pumpkins.
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.
