Front Porch In the southern states, people sit outside nosily watching their neighbours come and go, usually drinking something cold and yelling at their friends as they pass by. Although being spied on is intrusive, it does create a community…
Red bird Zitkala-Ša Yankton, or Anglicized married name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin Dakota, 1876–1938, was a writer, political activist, educator, translator, and musician. She wrote about her identity struggles as she tried to live in two cultures while being educated in…
A brave soldier with family receives soil to bring with him into battle. French Cartoon A French cartoon depicting the Frenchman’s standing on the heads of the Vietnamese in the Ho Chi Minh Museum. A Vietnamese person is pulling a…
Shade Resting after swimming in the hot summer sun. The children giggle on their blanket, tired but too excited to rest; merely for a short while, they drink and have something to eat before they go back into the water…
Ruby She rested her arm on the white porcelain bathtub after cleaning her body and washing her blonde hair. Her green eyes stare at the ceiling; her lips are as red as if she has just put lipstick on them;…
Sea Of Green There is a sea from dark green to a light green and almost white. Against this luscious background of monochromatic colours, a red rose shines brightly, making its surroundings even more intense in comparison to the bright…
Bicep Her stiffness, now gone, leaves her in a seductive pose to entice her partner. She is looking away from them when she does this stretch. What does that mean for them? Her posture suggests an invitation to engage, and…
“A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.” — Helen Rowland Ghosted Where did they really go, confusing when you are forgotten? Did you do something wrong? They turned us into ghosts;…
The Edge Many of us come to these emotions where we have been holding back for so long, where we have been holding back our emotions. We try to present a face to the public that covers up the emotion…
Punched in The Snow On a snowy winter’s night wearing your shorts and bare feet by someone you know, there must have been an argument greater than most because of such anger, but one character seems prepared with taped hands;…
