Young Writers Project: ‘Trees talk’

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“Light Tree.” Photo by by Chloe Deliso/YWP Media LibraryYoung 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. — Anna Forsythe, Young Writers Project publications coordinatorTrees talkIsla Segal, 14, WoodstockThe trees talk,you know? They talk and if you listened,you would knowthey whisperlike kindergartenerswho can’t stand straight in linebut can jump straightinto mudpuddles. They can’t stay quiet,like my siblings late at night,and the wind whistles sometimes,and the trees call back,you know?