poetry – Jess Chua

A recent creative achievement: an honourable mention for my poem “Queen” in a dark poetry contest, alongside ongoing writing projects.

Reflecting on my two-decade journey in creating dragon poems that began in nature and fantasy, and moved towards symbolism and modern mythmaking.

Pausing microcast challenge due to scratchy throat / stuffy nose, while continuing a YouTube challenge. I’ll return to the microcast early next year.

Update on tiny YouTube channel, Volume One of dragon poems, and reflecting on my past writing journey.

Glandscapes is a chapbook that thrums with raw nerve and queer desire, through a gut-wrenching framework of coping with prostate cancer.

Three dark poetry fragments that I wrote (and forgot about) on x in Feb 2024, via a daily poetry word prompt.

Request for early readers as I work towards completing my first dragon poetry collection.

Microcast show notes for a handful of episodes on poetry readings and creative writing.

Quick recap of some writing projects from 2023, and what I’m currently working on.

My debut chapbook is available! Plus some related writing thoughts.

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