Stone Soup

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A Christmas Poem

A watercolour painting of a bowl of fruit.

Bowl of Joy

Santa Claus is always on schedule
If he misses, a piece of snow
The wind will blow, blow, blow!
That sled of his will set a trail
Of a wish and a blow through the wind
Those rooftops are
The ones that clickety tock
Some have branches tall and wide
Others have so many thunks and clunks of presents
Down, down, down the clattering

Gianna Guerrero
Gianna Guerrero, 7
Ontario, NY
Ethan Hu
Ethan Hu, 8
San Diego, CA