readers’ comments

“Jeanette Vo’s “Mirrors,” though one of the shortest and perhaps simplest poems in the collection, was still one of the most heartbreaking in its treatment of love as a kind of everyday surrender…” Review of Vallum, Spring 2015

“At Ricepaper, you’ll want to read “Polished,” by Jeanette Vo, who’s from Richmond, British Columbia. It’s an empathetic look at the life of an immigrant who paints women’s nails for a living…”

“A whimsical and hopeful collection with each poem simple yet powerful as these poems choose ‘ukulele therapy’ over prescriptions; they seek ‘bird zen’ with a ‘sound that doesn’t take itself too seriously’.”