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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THE MANSION

The bed waits lonely
Not one visit
The pink color has a story
Not a flower is wilting
A basket and a bench
A stone purple path
We are all moving in
The bed squeaks
The table shakes
But inside it is broken down
A house haunted

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, New York