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Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part III: Summer 2020

Post Published July 26, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an end of the year assignment. In this piece, I have tried to describe some vivid m...
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Weekly Creativity #212: Write a Letter to an Object or an Abstract Thing where Every Line Starts with “I Remember”

Post Published July 18, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Write a letter to an object (such as a table) or an abstract thing (such as nature) where every line starts with “I remember”.
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Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part II: Spring 2020

Post Published July 11, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part I: Winter 2020

Post Published June 28, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

What My America Looks Like, a poem by Eboni, 13

Post Published June 23, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

What My America Looks Like Eboni Maxwell, 13 My America looks like chaos, a burning flame that cannot be put out and continues to grow. My America is dull and bland; I wake up everyday and ask mysel...
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An Unsent Letter

Post Published June 22, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An Unsent Letter Ellis Yang, 12 Dear Miriam, That morning in the city, two weeks before you left, I walked down the avenue as I do now. No sudden alteration great enough to be recognized transp...
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“World,” a poem by Kai, 10

Post Published June 16, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

World Kai Gajilan Fowler, 10 Bright, so bright But Lonely, and tired. Lonely Lonely from being isolated for so long Tired Tired of being bruised and battered and scarred ...
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Weekly Creativity #208: Take a Photo of the Most Common Wild Animal in Your Neighborhood

Post Published June 13, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Take a photo of the most common wild animal in your neighborhood.
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Writing Workshop #67: Rhythmic Writing

Post Published June 11, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, June 4th, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, students focused on the rhythm and s...
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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #40: Ekphrasis (Revisited)

Post Published June 10, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fortieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, June 4 This week, Emma Hoff, 10, led workshop with her own interpretation of ekphrasis, a...
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Break-Up Letter to 2021

Post Published June 9, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Break-Up Letter to 2021 Jacqueline Gonzalez, 13 Dear 2021, I’m not exactly sure how to say this, and I am sorry if this hurts you, but I think we should break up.
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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #39: Long Sentences

Post Published June 4, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirty-ninth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 28, plus some of the output published below.
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My Friend the Shark, an infographic by Paris, 8

Post Published May 31, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

My Friend the Shark Paris Andreou Hadjipavlou, 8 When I grow up I want to learn a lot about sharks and protect them. For now me and my little brother remove from the beach plastic bottles an...
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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #38: Anaphora

Post Published May 28, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirty-eighth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 21, plus some of the output published below This week we focused on the literary...
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Writing Workshop #65: Protagonists and Antagonists

Post Published May 21, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-fifth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on May 14th, plus some of the output published below Inspired by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the ballet's conflict bet...
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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #37: Poetry (Revisited)

Post Published May 21, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirty-seventh Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 14, plus some of the output published below During every session, Conner devote...
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Weekly Creativity #204: Write a Story from the Last Scene to the First Scene

Post Published May 16, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

Write a story from the last scene to the first scene.
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Saturday Newsletter: May 14, 2022

Post Published May 14, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

A note from Caleb Happy second Saturday of May! This week, I'm delighted to focus entirely on two pieces of art from the May 2022 issue, which should have—if it hasn't already—arrived for our ...
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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #36: Collage Poetry

Post Published May 14, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-sixth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday May 7, plus some of the output published below This week, we continued with Italo Calv...
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