"Holiday Games" by Margaret D. Stetz recounts a childhood where holidays meant hiding from relatives instead of celebrating together. Through the lens of youthful innocence, the story reveals the emotional complexities behind what felt like a game but wasn’t.
Holiday Games
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Oblivion
In "Oblivion," Thompson Emate's quatrain poem explores the theme of unawareness and loss. As the night envelops the room in darkness, the speaker is preoccupied ...
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Autumn Despair
Ruth Weinstein's evocative poem unveils the paradoxical beauty of burdens, from golden pumpkins turned leaden to the menacing shadows lurking in the gray last days ...
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