Tuesday, April 28, 2026

A Tanka by Jackie Chou

 

like Mona Lisa
I can only manage
a half-smile
my life confined
inside a frame

~

Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has two collections of poetry, The Sorceress and Finding My Heart in Love and Loss, published by cyberwit. Her poem "Formosa" was a finalist in the Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize. She has recent work in The Ekphrastic Review and Synchronized Chaos.

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