Stone Soup

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The international literary project for students 8 - 18. Stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists since 1973.

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Autumn Leaves

 

I stand here,

still in the

open air,

paused in

a lawn of

crisp, crackly

leaves. I feel

sorry they

had to die.

I’d feel bad

to crunch.

I stand

still in a

strangely

deep

sorrow.

Eva Bandy Autumn Leaves
Eva Bandy, 9
Quarryville, PA