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Named after the custom of snapping one's fingers in support of a poet's performance, Mcsway's student-run journal Snaps features work by McGill poets.

Snaps spotlights personal, intimate works by McGill students of all disciplines. It is a space where loud and quiet voices alike can be heard--where the things that only YOU can say take center stage.

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tones

I say who you are inside is worthy. I tell myself wo gao su zi ji 我告诉自己 it’s okay, mei guan xi 没关系 it’s fine. Do you...

Monuments of Grief

ephemeral morning when I’m still young & untouched by the hostile things foreign bodies feel nearest to home becoming monuments of grief...

Meditative Ocean

In between golden sun and blue abyss My body sails senseless to observer reality Echoes of the undiscovered are picked up by the drum My...

Dare I Say?

“Dare I say?” My head has started to throb a little. Just here, picking at the quick and Sight lines across the board of the sea have...

Blessed fruit

Blessed be the fruit You shall be excused From the sins you've confessed, The ones you professionally perfumed. If you're confused And...

Knights of the Round Table

Take a seat. we begin with a round of tea scalding make it two cups brimming with joy hands fly chefs fry the night begins beckoning...

Childhood Home

Standing on the very edge of greatness. Into the sweet field’s impressions, Somehow growing above it. Look over one shoulder, And see the...

Editor's Note: Identity

Hello. Welcome back to Snaps. Mcsway launched something new this year: a temporary workshop series modeled off of our old "poetry...

Mass

Breathe in the thickness, The saturation: the smell of over-proofed yeast; incense, long-burnt; dust and cracked spines – and realize...

Gemini Girl

I have 4 arms and 4 legs. I sit on the sky on cloudless nights. Ruled by Hermes. I see things in double. Who am I? I am made real by the...