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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Birds

A photograph of a peregrine falcon taking flight.

Uplift

They tweet,
They trill,
And always seem very thrilled.
They soar,
They glide,
And climb the clouds.
Until they come
Right back to me,
Into the birdhouses,
Where they know they’re free.

Isabel Goodey
Isabel Goodey, 11 Livingston, NJ
Storing Up Sage Millen
Sage Millen, 10 Vancouver, BC