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Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
The light is soft,
the air is moist,
the water rushes fast,
the stars shine,
each one a glowing crumb
in the sky.
The land is quiet and solemn.
The owl calls,
without haste,
“Whoo? Who?”
as if talking to the column of moonlight
that stretches across the land,
as if to soften the quickly
growing darkness.
The moon, full of solemnity,
stares down upon it all.
A beautiful painting, a lovely design ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
Oh,
write me a chapter,
one where I am none,
the trees lash merrily,
the sun is dim,
a muted invitation,
for me, for you ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
On the water
the bugs float,
lazily, legs stretched out,
looking to grip a stick or stone,
camouflaged in serenity,
as if, do I have to hide from frogs today ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
Has anyone ever wondered why
trees reach out?
Oh, the branches
So lonely that tree
must be, alone in the
middle of a honeysuckle field
dappled with nothing but its own leaves
Leaves, oh tree’s loves, they leave
as happened to me, as happened to him,
reaching out to pull her back, alone ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
the rivers flow gently
with leaves floating by
in the crystal clear
sky clouds circle
by as a bird tweets
in a tree. I watch how
nature is beautiful as can be as wind
sways the trees. And I think
I love nature and I hope
it loves me ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
Oh banter and Talk
Canned Laugher and Fun in movies but
Let’s keep BANTER and BANTER until your
Eyes get heavy and heads CLASH down.
Powering seconds of bams + HAHA’s
Over HILLS of LAUGHTER
And CHATS-BAMS with joy until I
Say: Quiet yo, Time
To Banter ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
Sometimes, courage can be broken.
Stories I’ve read felt like it happened.
Words could not be spoken at that time.
Where would this life lead me? Is it to the sea of worries or a world of spells?
I shouldn’t doubt myself.
Anger erupts in my mind, but what I let out is the great lion’s roar.
But somehow, it was never heard.
Even a pin drop sends ripples into my mind,
A collection of questions, some not always answered.
The magic of a child and a pet is so deep that it could never be lost in life.
There is hope!
People don’t share their secrets because they’re the greatest luxuries one can keep ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
The brain is an organism that lives.
We are creatures; we deepen our arc of knowledge.
We can tumble into an image of fantasy, best yet, commotions, emotions,
I communicate verbally.
Welcome to reality.
It’s a place where dreams stop or continue,
It’s a blank page of a story with no proper ending.
This feeling of tension burns up into my body.
It’s something I cannot quite name.
Could it be an emotion’s name?
Nope, it’s untitled, unleashed, a vulture flying through the winds of our hidden passion.
We are just souls scattered throughout the universe,
As compared to Mother Earth.
We are less tha ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
The whispering light hangs in the shadowy trees
As I fly down a golden path of fireflies
Toward a pirate ship door handle that
Slithers like an octopus tentacle in my palm,
And I am filled with blue fear ..read more
Stone Soup » Children's Poems
2d ago
When Mom gets mad she explodes like Sprite
When we get into a fight
Still, her heart’s a shimmering waterfall of light ..read more