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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Rainy Dawn

TheLighthouse
TheLighthouse
Lighthouse in the Rain

Warm & soft
at waking
You wonder &
remember the night
before when rain
was falling gray & dark
The world is silent
with thoughts
I place my right hand
on the glass
I see joy in the sky
pink & yellow
I see rain drizzling
down the dawn