identity

mcsway's online journal

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.

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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...

Runaway

Writing process of a poet during Mcsway's Identity Workshops. Author: Natalie Co Prompts: "A song that changed your brain chemistry" + "A...

night station

**Content warning: depictions of mental illness and suicidal ideation.** late night train ride kicking a crumpled piece of newspaper...

Chicken Breasts

**Content warnings: themes of hypersexualisation and graphic allusions to physical abuse.** “It just really annoys me,” it really does,...

Die Auflösung (The Resolution)

German original followed by English translation. **Content warning: themes of inter-generational trauma.** Die Auflösung Ich kann mich...