poetry

Kamakshi Anand smiling at the camera in a green sweater outside IKB on a sunny day.

Kamakshi Anand smiling at the camera in a green sweater outside IKB on a sunny day.

March 5 featuresRhea Dinesh with Photos by Saumya Kamra

Kamakshi Anand’s poetry tells the stories numbers can’t

Kamakshi Anand remembers in ninth grade thinking, “Oh, this is a thing people do — they write their thoughts online.”

Sketch of a naked woman picking a red fruit from a tree.

Sketch of a naked woman picking a red fruit from a tree.

November 7 cultureAbbie Lee

eve

good lord, what have i done / to be so far from you?

A whole pomegranate, with another half of an open pomegranate beside it and seeds spilling out.

A whole pomegranate, with another half of an open pomegranate beside it and seeds spilling out.

November 7 cultureRoz Golshani with Illustrations by Abbie Lee

why can't i be a fruit tree?

i am a fruit tree / but a delicate rose is all you should see / — all i want you to, at least.

Golden cracks on a cream background.

Golden cracks on a cream background.

November 7 cultureRoz Golshani

kintsugi

she is of passing notes / twisted games of telephone

September 4 featuresJoyce Park with Illustrations by Emilija Vītols Harrison

Calefaction: Questions designed to suffocate students

“Tell me about yourself,” they say.

July 22 featuresAva Koerner with Illustrations by Fiona Sjaus

Birdsongs: Lavallette, now

The seagulls angle themselves toward the sunset / Same as me

July 22 featuresAva Koerner with Illustrations by Fiona Sjaus

Birdsongs: Joyride

During the eclipse, the birds went silent.

May 30, 2024 cultureFiona Sjaus

The art of translation: The Lantern and the Night Moths is Yilin Wang’s love letter to Chinese poetry

Ambiguity, silence and the unsaid — for poet-translator and UBC creative writing MFA graduate Yilin Wang, these are themes that can tug at a writer’s inspiration to delve into their craft.

April 3, 2024 cultureAisha Chaudhry

Finding love in loss: Anthony Oliveira follows a cursed love in dayspring

What does it mean to be in love with someone when you know the relationship is doomed to end?

March 26, 2024 cultureAisha Chaudhry

What has gone missing?: Zehra Naqvi finds her voice in The Knot of My Tongue

“begin everything with bismillah | in the name of God”

March 11, 2024 featuresOlivia Vos

Moving on

I hate the way you made me feel / I hate the way I cried / I hate the way I ran home / I hate that I had to hide.

February 29, 2024 featuresDeborah Ojo

Tale of a farmer’s daughter

I am the daughter of a farmer. / And maybe one day I will run back to my forefather's land.

February 29, 2024 featuresIfeoma Onwumelu

The first of her kind

There is power behind the name / The unspoken strength

February 27, 2024 magazineFiona Sjaus with Illustrations by Maya Rochon

With all my love, to the rain

I hate to love Vancouver rain. / It makes everything smell like decay. / It rots dirt fissures into muddy pools, / But it’s consistent.

February 27, 2024 magazineLauren Kasowski with Illustrations by Sophia Yang

putting myself first

my mother’s advice: / ‘there is no box’ / was meant to be kind