Every poem that I write starts with a thought, an observation, or a question. Writing, especially poetry, helps me decipher the complexities of the world.

The story features a dystopian setting due to climate change, which is a pressing issue in our world today.

“Longing for Savory” follows a young Chinese American’s denial, rejection, and eventual acceptance of their identity, mirrored by their relationship with their parents and culture.

Exploring the treachery of life and humanity.

My pieces are my experiences and my expression. An outlet to share my stories with the hope of somebody reading what I write or hearing what I say to know that I see you, I feel you I share your struggle. I tend to write a lot about my hardships through my life and the hardships of my family and the people in my community.

I create poetry to spread positive messages and inspire my community.

Every four years, I always look forward to watching the FIFA World Cup. As an event that brings together six continents, I love how a simple sport can create a sense of community.

My poem "metamorphosis" is a commentary on love. In my poem, "metamorphosis," two teenagers share a fragile, fabricated love. One that testifies to their immaturity and age.

This story is based on a memory my grandmother related to me from her childhood in Taiwan in the 1950s. She told me that at the time, Taiwan did not make its own greeting cards, so the cards that were sent from America were very previous.

Stories and poetry are a reflection of the world I live in. Stories that address and illustrate the world we live in are the most powerful to me, and I try to create writing that reflect the realism of our society.

This is a poem I did in the same way as the french poet Francis Ponge in his book of poems ; le "Partit pris des choses" which is presented as a form of dictionary which gives things and objects a more precise definition, giving them a fonction and a new beauty.

This piece was written to partner with my digital arts piece. I write this letter to the apartment building landlords who invade my home. "Why are you here?" I ask. "Dear Mr. White Man" is the piece I write to the displacement that has been caused by developments invading the community of Oakland Chinatown.

This poem titled Figure Skating, The Journey is about what it's actually like being a figure skater. From the outside, a figure skater might look beautiful and elegant, but there is so much more that goes into it.

Socrates was a Greek philosopher who sought truth by the means of constant questioning. The Socratic method enabled the critically consider a subject matter deeply.

This artwork focuses on the way America treats me as someone who is Asian.

As news of another shooting in a school, a mosque, a grocery store comes out every day, it becomes harder to ignore the fact: Gun Violence has become uniquely an American problem. In no other country do mass shootings occur as often as it does here.

I wrote this story during an opening writing prompt that we do at the beginning of every workshop creative writing class. It was October 13th.

This is a creative writing piece depicting a possible ending of a story I have been planning to write from the point of view of a character who cannot remember the past only to wake up in the hospital.