Stone Soup Magazine
— Spring rain nurtures seeds into buds, then plum blossoms that sway with silent beauty in the wind.
— While her mother is sick, a daughter seizes the chance to cook in the usually forbidden kitchen, making pizza with nervous care as a surprise.
— A pantoum explores the isolation of depression when others dismiss your pain, repeating lines that circle like the thoughts they describe.
— When her parents announce their divorce, twelve-year-old Kate runs away to the beach but realizes she needs her family—even if it's changing.
— Spring is green People roam about Roars fill the jungle air Iguanas sleep in the trees New flowers are blooming Great
— Two next-door-neighbor boys share mint chocolate chip ice cream and play video games on a windy spring afternoon, their friendship revealed through accumulated details.