Stone Soup

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A Beautiful Wood

Beautiful Wood:
In the light of the lamp
Many rocks
Sitting aside
Resting in place

In the dark
The shadows cast
Lights and lamps
Throughout the night

Hanging down
Towards the book
The poems written
With many hooks

Worms slithering on the piece
An earthquake it seems
With many trees

Mountains and Rain and Rivers of
Color
Throughout
The piece of wood

Many slopes
With curved flat ends
At the bottom. It may seem that it’s not cold.
A Chord of Pine Trees in the Night.

Sean Tenzin O’Connor
Sean Tenzin O’Connor, 5
Bishop, CA