Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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

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THE WORLD IS WAITING

I know the world is waiting.

I live in a stump inside a tree,

Ready for people to see.

I’ll glow like the moon.

I’ll dance and sway over meadows.

The earth feels like home.

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, New York