A Simple Girl Takes a Seat at the Table

PoetryIssue 36
Written by Dominique Ahkong

In the beginning, milk of the poppy.

Sun in my eyes. Wet field in summer, tremor

of dew on the forewings of a creature

Dominique Ahkong

Dominique Ahkong is a poet of Hakka-Mauritian descent. Born in outer London and raised in Singapore, she lives in the high desert of North Central Arizona, where she co-edits Shō Poetry Journal. Her poetry appears in wildness, The Georgia Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Southern Review, Best New Poets, South Carolina Review, The McNeese Review, and elsewhere. Find her online at dominiqueahkong.com or @domkeykong.

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