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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

What do we do when our best friend passes away

What do we do when our best friend passes away

Ruben Solis, Graphic Artist March 6, 2024

There was nothing that prepared us for that day Driving to your house the day I got the news Sorry, I ran a few stop signs on my way Mother and father were nice enough to answer but speechless...

Poetry society is back from the dead

Poetry society is back from the dead

Lauren Hernandez, Assistant Arts & Life Editor February 27, 2024

The Student Poetry Society is alive and thriving. What was once a desolate club with barely enough members to qualify as such is now an exciting collective of talented students eager to create art and...

Sounds and the whispers in the wind of home

Sounds and the whispers in the wind of home

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer January 22, 2024

Running past the river, running past the daylight feeling it coming back through your veins in the night, where the voices surround me  the weight of the world on my shoulders, heavy and tight, as...

Aphantasia

Aphantasia

Robert Gonzales, Contributor July 6, 2023

Molten clocks melted over my head, slowly warping to decay, but time went on without the direction of its hands. Umbral moths rose from the earth and swallowed the light of this...

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer April 18, 2023

The special occasion to celebrate poetry is the month of April. It is the most prominent literary celebration in the world. Its creation encourages the reading, teaching, and artistry of poetry. To those...

Lilac in the new spring

Lilac in the new spring

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer March 28, 2023

What I have forgotten about love is seen in the lilac this spring. What always seemed black and white now gleams of purple, blue and hues of pink. Thoughts of insanity still swirl in my mind while...

Wendy Barker, UTSA Poet in residence and professor, passes at 80

Wendy Barker, UTSA Poet in residence and professor, passes at 80

Riley Carroll, Arts & Life Editor March 28, 2023

Wendy Bean Barker, a John Ciardi Prize winner, accomplished poet, founder of UTSA’s Creative Writing program and award-winning author, recently passed away at age 80. Barker began her career by teaching...

Gasp for the virtue

Gasp for the virtue

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

Though my soul longs for moments of peace and clarity During my time on earth, I know it will never be. But oh, how my soul gasps for the virtue, Like a fish gasping for the sea. I did not...

Temptations of the Hellion

Temptations of the Hellion

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer February 14, 2023

Mere air in the seeps of my skin, hollow like the whispers of the devil’s grin, bleeding out ribbons of red silk and leading a wandering mind into a horrid trope Hun tsk tsk laughed the girl with...

Introduction to Poetry Writing

Introduction to Poetry Writing

Samantha Ysaguirre, Contributor January 31, 2023

One may ask, “What is Poetry?” While many view poetry as disorderly and confusing, poetry is a lyrical and emotional method of self-expression that uses elements such as rhythm and form to bring to...

Remember

Remember

Ahavah Kirwan, Contributor January 31, 2023

Do you remember The six million The ones who celebrated Those strange holidays The ones just like us Who did not go to school or work on Fridays But were still a bit different    The...

Shattered Winter’s Night

Shattered Winter’s Night

Samantha Ysaguirre, Contributor November 22, 2022

You awake in the snow at first sight of the mirrored moon Only to see a reflection of what you have become I cannot imagine myself, but I know I have changed, and not for the better. Despite how...

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