Culture

Poem: Moving Out

It’s almost like it didn’t even happen. Only segments of thoughts and nothing concrete —

Bridget Meehan September 14, 2022

Spring day

Weddings and divorces. Birthdays and funerals. They happen in close proximity.

Shawn Smith April 23, 2022

Ubyssey Culture's collection of spring haikus

With finals right around the corner, why not take a few minutes to sit back, relax and read through The Ubyssey's collection of spring haikus?

Tianne Jensen-DesJardins, Shane Atienza, David Collings, Lauren Kasowski, Kaila Johnson, Maxine Kirsten Magtoto, Shawn Smith, Lester Lin, Milada Dzevitski, Kyla Flynn, Polina Petlitsyna, Forrest Berman-Hatch, Karen Liu and Kaialuna Scarpetta-Lee March 25, 2022

bicoastal

As the end of the school year draws near, so does moving out.

Lauren Kasowski March 22, 2022

Spring

Love is a powerful force.

Milada Dzevitski March 17, 2022

Salama

Salama wanted to take a deep breath to try to ground herself, but she was afraid it would cause another time jump.

Madeline Kenja March 14, 2022

Umbrellas in rain

My mother used to scold me because I always forgot my umbrella on rainy days.

Shawn Smith March 9, 2022

The winds still blow

The winds still blow and the leaves still fall.

Isabelle Dina February 7, 2022

An ode to Chai in pandemic times

And so, I wrote a sonnet about my favourite soothing drink in the hopes that it will soothe you as you read it.

Shane Atienza January 28, 2022

December 10

"i want to go home"

Lauren Kasowski December 16, 2021

Beautiful photograph of a the outdoors on a cloudy Vancouver winter day. Mountains are in the distance with bright snow covered coniferous trees in the foreground.

Ubyssey Culture's Collection of Winter Haikus

It’s officially December, and that means two things: cold weather and exam season

Lauren Kasowski, Kaila Johnson, Bruno Graneiro, Polina Petlitsyna, Sarah Williams, Tianne Jensen-DesJardins, Kyla Flynn, Shane Atienza and Nina Huh December 16, 2021

YEG → YVR

I was ready to / Leave the streets I'd grown up on / Everything I'd known.

Lauren Kasowski December 15, 2021

Insert generic Rom-com title here

There was something about Jack's dreamy blue eyes that made Jill instantly fall head over heels in love with him.

Manya Malhotra December 14, 2021

Grape

"My best memory of my grandmother / Was stolen from my grandfather."

Davi de Ferreyro Monticelli December 14, 2021

Kerwer (CRWR) Korner