Feel a vampire looking at you, but there’s no reflection in the mirror in front of you. But just then a bat starts to run and flies out the window to outrun the sun. Turn into a werewolf in the middle of a show, but everyone is too polite to […]
Poetry
Poem: Run while you can
run, run, I fall, but I can’t stop. Run, Run, Trees grab me, trying to keep me. RUN, RUN, I try to find the edge of the forest, please let me go. RUN, RUN, It’s catching up, but I don’t want to die, please. …nowhere to run now. By […]
Poem: Samhain
Don’t go out tonight My grandmother said to me, Samhain is a time of fear, But especially when in the trees. One had gone missing already And children must be kept in doors, For spirits roam the grounds at night, But those are all but lores. I was foolish to […]
Pieces Of Me: Anxiety is real
A poem in response to Professor Hedican In response to Edward Hedican, who disrespected a fellow U of G student with anxiety. This is dedicated to the student who was disrespected and sparked an outcry. To the students who stood up together and left in solidarity: I stand with you. […]
Poem: Necessary Storms
– Tears flow from the sky Not just a cry, but a plea “Someone, please help me” For the riverbeds Are a dry constellation Of tired, sleepy veins Mother only asks For a little fall of rain To quench the parched Earth A flood to renew The […]
Poem: Realise When You’ve Had Enough
Frozen water rushes into the crack The boat slowly sinks into my subconscious Drowning itself in the forgotten memories that bubble towards the surface Hitting the bottom, it slides down the sand The boat slowly sinks into my subconscious Revealing hidden shadows in the murk Hitting the bottom, it […]
Poem: Wherever You Are
To my beloved to be, I- (Hmm, no, too fancy shmancy. Crumple, toss.) Greetings, future husband, I- (Nah, that’s no good. Crumple, toss — ah, whoops — re-toss.) To my prince in shining armour: (PERFECT!) I know we haven’t met yet, ’cause you’re off in some foreign land, like Italy […]
Poem: Melodrama
a single bending lilac branch — she is melodrama blooming. a singsong laugh at notions of frailty; something to sharpen your teeth on, pending the great fatigue of a mouth unable to resonate. constancy in disjointed heartbeat — resonate in the chest cavity, echoing in each aortic branch the […]
Poem: Writer’s starvation
They say writers starve Starve for greatness When pen touches paper Writers feel euphoric Ink spills poetry out from the love Pen and paper were never meant to separate A longing mind to bring them together The hunger to want to write a new life To write is to play […]
Poem: If and When
When would admire If’s sense of self, If’s knowledge, preparedness… Most anything else. If is so simple, But If is so deep, But If never wonders Or talks in If’s sleep. When would catch eyes With If from afar, Race into If’s arms And When’d say, “When we’re stars We’ll […]
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The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.