Agnes Hanying Ong is a poet and poet laureate of her delightfully imperious, yet beloved gentle giant pet Canada goose, which, like her erstwhile non-flying bunnies, has, sadly, since been lost to hungry predation. She did not eat her pet. Or your cats, contrary to a certain assertion by choice politicians about Midwest sojourners. Her recent poetry and more have appeared in CrossCurrents 74, no. 1 of The Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), The Minnesota Review 100, Poets.org, Rattle, Black Warrior Review 49, no. 1, South Central Review 40, no. 1, The Carolina Quarterly 70, no. 3, Witness Magazine (cover), the anthology Saints + Sinners 2024: Transformative Poetry, and elsewhere. Her writing has been acknowledged by the Academy of American Poets, the Chautauqua Institution as among finalists for the Chautauqua Janus Prize, and across other venues, including as a finalist for the Oxford Poetry Prize, New Orleans Review Micro Essay Contest, Black Warrior Review Flash Fiction Contest, and elsewhere. In a brumous abbey, a sun-bombed stunning high desert, and the Rust Belt, she has written, and next, perhaps while surrounded by yoga goats, she will someday live on a strangely tornado-free farm, to make more small children, also known as poems. She is also a performer-composer, an artist, and a certified culinarian, who makes a decent cup of instant ramen, and writes, of course, to disappoint her family for as long as she can. Follow her @agneshanyingong.bsky.social and, on Instagram, @poetrytradwife.
Agnes Hanying Ong is a poet and poet laureate of her delightfully imperious, yet beloved gentle giant pet Canada goose, which, like her erstwhile non-flying bunnies, has, sadly, since been lost to hungry predation. She did not eat her pet. Or your cats, contrary to a certain assertion by choice politicians about Midwest sojourners. Her recent poetry and more have appeared in CrossCurrents