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Young Writers Project: 'I Love'

This week's Chelsea, Vermont, writer, Marina Sprague, connotes the small moments that bring her joy with the definition of poetry itself.
YWP Media Library, photo by Emma Parizo
This week's Chelsea, Vermont, writer, Marina Sprague, connotes the small moments that bring her joy with the definition of poetry itself.

I love staring at the clear night sky for hours.
I love to sit on my deck and paint the landscape.
I love the smell of freshly cut grass and campfires.
I love to wander the forest by my house and take pictures from weird angles.
I love to close my eyes and listen to the birds singing on a hot summer day.
I love to read books while lounging in my bright orange bean bag chair.
I love singing at the top of my lungs with music blasting from my speakers.

I love chasing my dog all around the yard and tackling him.

I love eating chocolate lava cakes while watching movies with my sister.
I love feeling the nerves I get right before acting onstage in front of an audience.
I love going on hikes and being one with nature.
I love fishing with my dad at our favorite lake.
I love designing and creating the haunted house for my town.
I love the taste of a smoothie any day of the year.
I love traveling, seeing different places, and meeting new people.
I love feeling the heat of the sun on my bare skin.
I love the anxiety that comes with watching my favorite football team on TV.
I love when people ask me what I'm passionate about.
I love to spontaneously bake cookies in the middle of the week just because I feel like it.
I love the smell of candles that fills my house when the power goes out.
I love the game nights my family has on holidays.
I love running around barefoot in my yard for no other reason than that it feels right.
I love, simply, to write poetry.

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