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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Hammock

The kids they play around you
The dads just back from
work
They laze and gaze into
you, at the lovely
sway of the trees
of the trees,
of the lovely sway
of the trees

Amity Doyle
Amity Doyle, 11
Katonah, NY