Stone Soup Magazine
— A gymnast describes the sensory experience of competition, from entering the arena through her floor routine, emphasizing drive over winning.
— A child's vision of a starlit doorway where wonder transforms darkness into clarity, eyes become windows to the soul, and grass appears dreamlike.
— A girl reads about a catnapped cat in the newspaper, then sneaks out at night to search for and successfully reunite the missing cat with its owner.
— A stream-of-consciousness meditation on the pencil as both physical object and metaphor for writing's power to transform sadness into expression.
— A nature poem moves through seasons and small dramas — a cat-mouse chase, beavers splashing, a robin's descent — to reveal nature's hidden language.
— Oh, I got a new snail. Wait! Wait! He is dead.