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May 12, 2026
A delicate butterfly with soft yellow and cream wings spreads wide against a simple, neutral background, its wings dusted with tiny dark speckles that feel fragile and precise. The image feels quiet and observant, like pausing to notice the small, intricate details of something easily overlooked. bug in my juice TEXT: The Bug, Jackie Chou, Poetry
Published by Jackie Chou at May 12, 2026
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  • Poetry

The Bug

There’s a bug in my juice this morning rippling the sweet surface of peach liquid…
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November 5, 2025
Black background with gold emblems of the moon, stars, swirls, and signs run amok in the sky. TEXT: Irreverent - Jackie Chou - Poetry
Published by Jackie Chou at November 5, 2025
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  • Poetry

Irreverent 

Let their statues fill with dust, while I rest my face on your shoulder instead of cold stone feet.
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April 27, 2025
pink blossoms on a tree with blue sky background - Old Friends - Jackie Chou - Poetry - snapshots of old friends
Published by Jackie Chou at April 27, 2025
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  • Poetry

Old Friends

You dig deep, flip through snapshots of memories to find me. I'm here, cut from the same dough as people you know now. I'm in their eyes…
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February 14, 2025
I don't know you: IMAGE of boutonniere being added to a blue jacket - TEXT: School Day Crushes - Jackie Chou - Poetry
Published by Jackie Chou at February 14, 2025
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  • Love Poem
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School Day Crushes

I do not know you don't know the smile the beating red heart behind the boutonniere on your blue lapel
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July 31, 2024
Flying Raven
Published by Jackie Chou at July 31, 2024
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  • Poetry

The Raven

I look up at the bird, its coat of the blackest feathers sheening in whitish sunlight…So I hold dear the dark bird's song.
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July 17, 2024
reflection in mirror
Published by Jackie Chou at July 17, 2024
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  • Blog
  • Poetry

The Stone Mirror

There's no softening of stiff cheeks no smoothing of lines formed over time
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