Teenagers are often overlooked by the artistic community because it is assumed that they do not have enough life experience to have an original voice. Fifteen year old poet Sierra Abbott proves that it would be a mistake to discount her unique form of expression.
She recorded diary tape of her writing process late one evening. Which provides the listener with an impressionistic behind the scenes gateway into her inner thoughts, while she ponders life and composes poetry. She pours her heart out about topics ranging from peer pressure to the meaning of life.
This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Jacqui Helbert was in last Fall's class. A new class is start in April - You can find out more about that program at Transom.org
Our series Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison and made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI
