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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White

White is the color of
Beautiful

Like a dove
Soaring over a forgotten mountain lake
Snow
Blanketing the landscape
In a soft white
Paradise
Essence of pine

Like a cello’s music
Sweeping the night
Alone
But that makes it even more
Serene

Like a white sail
Rising up a mast
Against a coral blue sea
Waving about
Taking
You there

Like a patch
Of white roses
Among the ashes
The start
Of new life

White Dylan Sherman
Dylan Sherman, 10
Seattle, Washington