Hong Kong-born poet Jennifer Wong amuses us with inspiring activity ideas on her poems that address a wide range of topics, including her secondary school life, consumerism and identity, as well as Hong Kong cinema. Each file below contains a poem, a synopsis of the work, discussion questions, in-class activities, and creative writing prompts.
Jennifer Wong
Born and grew up in Hong Kong, Jennifer Wong is the author of three collections including the latest 回家 Letters Home (Nine Arches Press 2020) which has been named the Wild Card Choice by Poetry Book Society, and Goldfish (Chameleon Press 2013), for which she received the Young Artist Award (Literary Arts) from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. She has a PhD in creative writing from Oxford Brookes University, where she teaches as Associate Lecturer.
Poems by
Jennifer Wong
Selected poems come from Letters Home (Nine Arches Press, 2020).