My poem, ”A Flawed Reflection” is about my own personal story as an overweight teenager.

I created this poem to help those who are struggling with the loss of a family member.

Recently, my work has taken on a preoccupation with the apocalypse.

”god, immortal” explores the theme of cultural identity, language, and the emotional complexities of motherhood using the overall concept of shénxiān, which is an immortal being in Daoist mythology, as the central metaphor.

A poem about beauty masking pain.

This piece portrays the feeling of being trapped inside the standards that today’s society has.

Undoing is a series of poems that seek to trace back one’s origins and return belonging to something greater.

From an art studio to a graffitied warehouse and finally to glass and rubble, a room houses memories.

When writing my short story, I took inspiration from my curiosity of abnormalities.

This flash fiction piece is based on a younger sister grappling with the death of her older sister so many years ago.

”Serenade and Aubade” comprises two poems offering perspectives on identity, fate, free will, and belonging.

”routine” faces traditional ideals of womanhood head-on, exploring the liberation and confinement many women have experienced as a result of their sex.

All three poems are separate works.

When Starting my first year of high school, there was always one voice pushing me to excel: my grandmother’s.

I chose two moments that are a prominent part of my life: when my family and I drive up to Point Reyes, where we hike and spend time together, but I am often dragged along to do things with them.

This poem is about me, and my relationship with poetry as someone who has a minor speech impediment.

Adjusting is a short poem I wrote after being inspired by the nature of growing and how that affects me personally.

I am really passionate about climate change, the environment, and animals, so I often try to communicate those types of themes in my writing.

The idea for this story actually stemmed from an idea I had to make the craziest twist possible for a detective story, which then evolved into something more psychological. Inspired by George Orwell’s 1984, I drew from the concept of doublethink—the mind’s ability to hold two contradictory beliefs at once.

That strange dichotomy of enjoying people’s presence while being scared of talking to people has seeped into this poem.