Stone Soup Magazine
— A key narrates its existence from hanging on a hook to being lost forever when it falls from a bag onto a cold white floor.
— A sprout comes up, a raindrop falls, The shadow follows us around, The buds are born and singing too, The beauty of the spring is here with you.
— A girl visits her ancestors' graves in St. Petersburg, encountering a man who offers water to wash the stones, and wonders about the Russia she might have known.
— A prose poem imagines the inner life of a crab—its loneliness, fear, and anger—questioning whether people remember the being they've hurt after mounting it on a wall.
— A young poet captures the historic first tornado on Cape Cod through stark imagery of destruction—downed trees, a fallen church steeple, nature's violent word.
— Hope personified as an ambiguous companion who guides the speaker across treacherous terrain while knowing them intimately.
— A nine-year-old city girl boards a fishing boat and watches Hyannis dissolve in the distance like a homeland she's never visited.
— A young poet transforms a seashell into a golden rose, a spiral staircase, and a tower, finding ancient scrolls of saltwater within its chambers.
— A bored car ride to Cape Cod transforms when the window frames a night sky full of stars, glowing trees, and the canal that signals almost home.
— A young poet searches for a golden orb for seven days, finally discovering it feels unexpectedly salty to the touch.