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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April Thoughts

A window beside my desk.
the sun
the world bloomed before
the flowers flourish
beautiful white
white
April flowers
one big ball of lace—
like a white hydrangea
softly speckled with green.
Green shoots!
The little brown bird chirped.
bush shines so brightly. sunny
daffodils bloom, sunny
smudged grey-brown pigeon
red robin chirping
robins!
Green Gables
say
flowers
budded yet
I wonder if
love
I would have
it broke my heart to tell her
nice teal
the world has not yet begun
—flowers.