Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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A Perfect Summer

A perfect summer
A hum and tweet whelms your ears to see the sunlight of the morning.
A smell that makes your smile widen as you inhale the fresh morning air.
A perfect summer morning,
A hum, a tweet and a nest full of joy,
The smell of flowers makes you want to smell them more.
A huff of an exhale,
White fluff turns the sky into a masterpiece.
A hum, a tweet of summer,
A perfect summer.
A ball and some fluff slips by as fast as a blink of an eye.
A perfect summer.
A sound of waves,
The tide runs high.
A perfect summer to spend with family.
A summer with a breeze,
A summer with bees and birds,
A summer with the ocean and flowers,
A summer to spend with family.