Friday, May 8, 2026

A Tanka by Jackie Chou

 

the pond
is placid now
until you come
like a red dragonfly
rippling the water

~

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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