Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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Nature

the rivers flow gently
with leaves floating by
in the crystal clear
sky clouds circle
by as a bird tweets
in a tree. I watch how
nature is beautiful as can be as wind
sways the trees. And I think
I love nature and I hope
it loves me.