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.
Henry Parsons, 12, of Shelburne, writes an appreciation for veterans who have served our country.
Veterans
By Henry Parsons
[Y]ou sprint up a beach
to fight a fight.
Forget about life,
and do what is right.
Protect your brother
for our nation.
Help one another,
and die for each other.
You stand on the front lines,
holding a gun.
To serve your country,
who stands as one.
Not for revenge,
but to avenge.
You are all so brave.
Thank you, veterans.