Stone Soup Magazine
— A tree alone in a honeysuckle field becomes a meditation on loneliness and loss, its reaching branches mirroring human grief.
— A young poet observes rivers, leaves, clouds, and birds, concluding with the hope that nature returns their love.
— A playful, energetic poem captures the exhausting joy of endless banter, with words crashing together like the conversation itself until silence finally arrives.
— A young writer explores the complexity of emotions, from broken courage to unnamed feelings, concluding that our thoughts and experiences belong to us forever.
— A young writer explores consciousness, emotions, and human existence through a stream-of-consciousness meditation on the brain's power to liberate us through thought and speech.
— A surreal journey through a dreamscape where light whispers, fireflies form paths, and a door handle transforms into an octopus, culminating in 'blue fear.'
— When Mom gets mad she explodes like Sprite When we get into a fight Still, her heart’s a shimmering waterfall of light