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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Poem

Speaking of sorrow
and happiness.
Telling a short story
with a new voice.
Speaking with a
mouth of words.
Soft as a baby’s
cheek. Poem.

Poem Matteo Vita Harris
Matteo Vita Harris, 9
Astoria, New York