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Closing Out National Poetry Month with a Poem
By Geo Ong The Urchin Movement has certainly had a lot of fun during National Poetry Month. In the last thirty days we’ve shared with you some of our favourite comedic poems, political poems, nature poems, and an original Urchin … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Holidays, Literature
Tagged fragments from lost days, national poetry month, poems, poetry, rainer maria rilke
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Happy Tax Day!
It’s here once again, folks. Tax Day. If you need a break from filling out those forms, read on! While I take great pride in performing my civic duty and also sort of nerdily enjoy filling in all of the … Continue reading
An April Celebration!
The first day of April marks two seemingly disparate events: the first day of National Poetry Month and April Fools’ Day. We here at the Urchin Movement will always jump at the chance to connect things for our amusement (and … Continue reading
An Urchin’s Foray into the World of Online Dating, Part One
By Geo Ong Last week a friend dared me to join the online dating site OkCupid. Largely unexposed to the world of online dating, and despite knowing friends who use one of these sites, my initial response was still triggered … Continue reading
To Love or Not to Love: Our Favourite Love and Anti-Love Songs
This week marks that polarising of all holidays, Valentine’s Day! Because the Urchins love you (yes, you), we thought we’d cover all bases, so that depending on how you feel this Thursday, we’d be there for you in any case. … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Holidays, Music
Tagged al green, all day sucker, and i love her, anti-love songs, beatles, buffalo springfield, cosmic love, expecting to fly, florence & the machine, florence and the machin, heartbreak, let's stay together, Love, love songs, stevie wonder, tegan and sara, unrequited love, valentine's day, where does the good go
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The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Sarah Jost This holiday season, my mum decided she wanted to do something other than a normal Christmas tree. After a hunt around the web, we found a few fun, creative ideas. We quickly decided on a ladder tree, … Continue reading
Movies to Watch on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is here! For some, that means their main Christmas festivities will happen tonight, gathered around the newly decorated tree; for others, Santa will sneak in through the chimney sometime after dark, leaving presents for everyone to sleepily discover … Continue reading
The Urchin Christmas Mix Tape
Last Christmas, we gave you our hearts. The very next day, we shared a playlist of three of our all-time favourite Christmas songs. Because it’s the holidays and we’re in the spirit of giving, we’ve decided to add three more … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Holidays, Music
Tagged baby it's cold outside, blue christmas, christmas in hollis, christmas mix tape, christmas playlist, elmo and patsy, happy x-mas (war is over), John Lennon, johnny cash, margaret whiting and johnny mercer, percy the puny poinsettia, run dmc, the christmas spirit, transsiberian orchestra, wizards in winter
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