Stone Soup Magazine
— Lonely Athena, tired of being mocked by the other gods, invents humans to worship her wisdom, then cleverly trades each god's modifications for respect and power.
— A student transforms an accidental crayon mark on her butterfly drawing into a flower, turning a mistake into creative opportunity.
— A poem observing wildfire from a distance, exploring the paralysis of witnessing destruction while remaining safe on a green mountain.
— A girl ventures into a frozen forest, falls through river ice where her brother died, and barely survives the journey home through determination and remembered warnings.
— In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I reviewed a poem about gratitude, called “Be Thankful” by an unknown poet. To me, gratitude means being thankful for what you have instead of...