Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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Night


 

 
The stars stood gleaming
Like sequins
On a black cloth

The moon came to rest
On the surface
Of a pond

The grass swayed
From side to side
Like a rocking horse

The night was as quiet
As an empty page.

Night Mae Gesser
Mae Gesser, 9
Brooklyn, NY