Photo by Mitchell Griest on Unsplash Wake to the sun marching on your skin. Feel your cheeks warm and seal your eyes against its rays. You are alive. The day waits for you in silent heat. But, somewhere across the […]
Photo by Patrick Hendry via Unsplash I awoke after a long winter’s night in the small wholesome house that I’d lived in for as long as I could remember. The air was warm with the smell of the woodstove and […]
Photo by Liam Pozz via Unsplash Millie’s “idea,” and my four highschool years worth of coffee shop paychecks Audi, lead to this adventure. Well, in all honesty the idea was mine, after a drunken summer excursion with the old IT […]
Photo by Benjamin Davies via Unsplash My Dear, what has happened to us The blistering dawn begins without you velvet curtains that held are now torn down My life can finally begin anew Now your hat from its hook, out […]
Photo by Marek Pospisil via Unsplash Receiving news in Canada has gotten considerably harder in the past few months. Meta, the company with ownership in Facebook and Instagram, is blocking Canadians from viewing news stories on their platforms. The news ban, […]
Photo by Jon Tyson via Unsplash The 2024 presidential election has kicked off to an energetic start. The Biden campaign has taken the past few weeks to court voters ahead of the Democratic primary. On September 20 2023 The Biden […]
Today, September 30th, 2023 marks Canada’s Third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Athenaeum wishes to call attention to Indigenous voices on this day and ask its readers to engage in a process of reflection surrounding reconciliation. The June […]
Photo by Benjamin Disinger vis Unsplash The hole at the bottom, end of the road, a fiery kilm. Chip near the tail, pilgrimages in tattered UPS boxes. Every US State in a beige rundown van, trying to settle a […]
Photo by Daniel St. Louis In July of 2023, Acadia University announced the appointment of its next President: Dr. Jeff Hennessy. This will begin a six-year term which will see him become Acadia’s 17th President. He will follow Dr. […]
Photo by Natalya Letunova via Unsplash I look to the horizon, your face, sweet and lovely, hangs with the willows. Dipping deep, deep into the bank. Ruddy marshes and colorful birds unfurl, reaching for where you rest… Darling, gone with […]
To the days when summer seemed to never end And sunbeams danced across the sky, Aligned in perfect dimension To the night breeze, And morning heat The soul dance of hearts, Swooning to meet And then disappear Because love and […]
Photo by Ioana Cristiana vis Unsplash The arm is cut open held out by two thin oil stripes. O Doctor a scene familiar enough, so how did you Rijn stumble upon a scene so well detailed. Did you go year […]
Photo by Pedro Henrique Santos via Unsplash It is often said that rights are not gifted, they are fought for. The coal mining industry is expansive in Canada as it is home to 0.6 percent of the world’s coal […]
In the moment there is little we see Our nearly closed eyes capture the stark white room, We cry and scream. There are strange noises, voices. And the day is forgotten. It’s one of the flaws of humanity: We […]