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Tag: English Jueju

Brixen in Winter

Poetry by Jeannette Tien-Wei Law


Frost flakes, Yule tide, blink lights glow

Dove haze, slab streets, wish for snow

Star child, sweep stacks, coal smudge face

Sky blush, Year dawns, white spot doe


Jeannette Tien-Wei Law grew up celebrating the holidays with her family in St. Louis, Missouri. Festive dinners often touted steamed rice and stir-fried broccoli alongside the roasted turkey and traditional trimmings. Jeannette now makes her own stuffing with apricots, wine and Italian sausage as an international educator living in Milan.

Trimester to St. Patrick’s

Poetry by Jeannette Tien-Wei Law


Ice morn, fog cloak, fierce gray snows
Ash trance, tree bones, stone mute crows
Steps swish, crisp blades, sham rocks crunch
Three leaves, talc coats, luck’s charm froze


Jeannette Tien-Wei Law was awarded the 2022 Newman Prize for English Jueju, an international distinction for original poetry in classical Chinese form, written in English. Currently an educator in Milan, Italy, her poetry has won acclaim in academic circles and a growing number of global publications.

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