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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

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Wings for My Soul

Wings for My Soul

Samantha Ysaguirre, Multimedia Editor November 26, 2024

As I stand on the edge of graduation, My last poem emerges, what feels to be my most heartfelt creation. In the quiet spaces where my thoughts intertwined, I reflect on the freedom, the beauty,...

Quietest Quiet

Quietest Quiet

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer April 23, 2024

Leave your worries by the shore and dip your toes in the sand,  When you can no longer bear to stand, When the world seems mute and calm,  I wrote a poem, only to throw it away because that’s...

Reaching to purgatory

Reaching to purgatory

Ezequiel Pena, Staff Writer April 23, 2024

My tiredness hangs around me like a disease.  My soul slowly dying My hope does not increase  I have lost the energy for crying    Demons ask to be let in  The water, too thin...

The rot within

The rot within

Katie Blackman, Contributor April 15, 2024

When life tries to tear you down, you must learn to stand, to stand taller than you ever have above your five-foot frame.   Stand as tall as the redwoods you admire to be as strong as them, you...

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...

PAISANO POETS – Lost in the art of it all by Samantha Ysaguirre

Samantha Ysaguirre and Marcela Montufar Soria February 5, 2024

Staff writer Samantha delights us all with another one of her poems! Check out Samantha's here!

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...

Lost in the art of it all

Lost in the art of it all

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer October 14, 2023

When familiar sounds surround all around, And prayers end my night. You would think all is right in my mind. But, the truth is there is nothing within my hold. Because when you close your eyes,...

Golden Rose

Golden Rose

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer October 2, 2023

My golden rose in the darkest hour  Lighting my world for hours You cling to my side  A companion instead of I The kindest of which I have the blessing to encounter We hike trails Run...

Be real to who you are

Be real to who you are

Elizabeth Hope, Contributor October 2, 2023

We were so young when we were subjected among People changing their appearance, for self-assurance Every single day, people are fading away No one ever tells them you’re beautiful to me, how...

Nine thirty-four a.m.

Nine thirty-four a.m.

Noah Willoughby, Contributor October 2, 2023

Nine thirty-four a.m. was just a time, Just a time to live, Time that passed on the clock, Time that drifted on like a lost balloon, Time that jumped from second to second, Minute to minute, Hour...

At last

At last

Samantha Ysaguirre, Staff Writer September 25, 2023

So, at last, I began chapter one Of the great story, so they speak, No one on Earth has ever read which tales to continue forever and more,  In which they say the chapter is even better than...

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