Who dares to doubt, with a pout, can this girl truly sway?
Quick, quick, slow, watch this Chinese bloom, in señorita’s flair, I sway.
Eyebrows raise, in a maze, as I blaze, in the moon’s array,
Quick, quick, slow, a New York Walk, with fire inside, I sway …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Jenny Li Chen is a Vancouver-based writer and poet with a passion for vibrant rhythms and open roads. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Canadian Literature, Grain, Mantis (Stanford University), and West Trestle Review. She has been shortlisted for the 2024 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize by PRISM international. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of King’s College.