Poetry
— A young refugee uses nature metaphors to describe feeling different and new at school — a red bird among blue birds, a fish out of water.
— A note from Caleb I wanted to start out by briefly recognizing the work you continue to do in the Writing Workshop. As a student at the University of California, Santa...
— Spring rain nurtures seeds into buds, then plum blossoms that sway with silent beauty in the wind.
— While her mother is sick, a daughter seizes the chance to cook in the usually forbidden kitchen, making pizza with nervous care as a surprise.
— A pantoum explores the isolation of depression when others dismiss your pain, repeating lines that circle like the thoughts they describe.
— Spring is green People roam about Roars fill the jungle air Iguanas sleep in the trees New flowers are blooming Great
— Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor and winner of the Weekly Flash Contest Georgia Marshall, 11, about what it’s like to be a published...
— 1993, Washington DC— a new voice was being added to the Supreme Court. It was the voice of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was a young voice, but it was strong....
— We the People have been creating cacophony dissonant chords and jagged notes, scattered rests and twisted octaves the chaotic melody vanquishing a weak, sibilant harmony as tritone chords overwhelm the...
— Rain transforms a landscape as shadows move, sun breaks through, wind flows, and trees lean toward water in a meditation on nature's interconnected movements.