Young Writers Project

Mon 5/6/13  Another great track from musical mastermind Aiden Ellis, this one with definite Green Mountain Vermont influences.

Mountain Top
by Aiden Ellis
Grade Twelve, Woodstock Union High

The Young Writers Project occasionally offers our young writers prompts to stimulate their creativity. The YWP prompt titled "Alone" was very popular. It revolved around the incorporation of the phrase "I stood at the window and watched the red tail lights disappear..." Roland found inspiration in the prompt. "I really liked writing so I decided to go back and record it as well," he says.

Mr. Paddington
by Roland Downey
Grade Ten, The Putney School, Hanover, NH

Emily is a new contributor to Young Writers Project, and this is her first attempt at recording herself reading a piece. As she put it, "For a while now, I have been working on writing a novel. It has been a large part of my time spent and helped me develop my writing skills in general. Every now and again, it gives me inspiration for poetry ideas. This is the most recent one. Geronimo!"

Noah writes, This last poem is about bad decisions. I have made some of those recently (nothing illegal, don't worry) and I was a bit depressed about it, so I wrote a poem.

Driving Is Scary So I Do It With My Eyes Closed
by Noah Smith of Shelburne
Student at Community College of Vermont

Aiden is Young Writers Project's single most prolific and multifaceted music contributor. His talents range from acoustic guitar, to scoring entire musicals,to composing electronic music. Here is one of his most recent and popular songs.

Everyone's a Critic
By Aiden Ellis
Twelfth Grade, Woodstock Union High

Clara Henderson, a freshman at The Sharon Academy:

I am surrounded by talented people, who seem to knows what they want to do in life. Sometimes, I can't help but wonder How am I special? What will I do with my life? No one wants to be normal. So basically, this poem is about finding what's special about you, and the determination to do something in your life.

Olivia writes: This poem was inspired by the concept that in a world of light, love goes unseen. Although, to a soul that has experienced darkness and pain, love stands out and is more powerful. I am inspired by my family.