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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Dark and Light

The dark was interrupted by a brilliant light, Emitted by stars near the sea. The moon glowed ever so slightly in the night, And it seems like the glow is for me.

I see little white dots shining in the sky, Looking through the window in my room. A seagull swoops down near the waves and the tides, And leads a fish to its doom.

The ocean, stars, seagull and fish in the night Show all relations between dark and light.