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Portrait of Jike Ayou

Jike Ayou

Jike Ayou is the author of the poetry collection 所有归来的日子都是彝年 (All of Our Homecomings Are Feted as Yi New Year), published in his home country of China, and his poems have appeared in more than 100 newspapers and journals. One of the six poets featured in The Verse of Us, a documentary film on Chinese migrant worker poets, Jike is the first published migrant worker poet of Yi ethnicity. (updated 4/2026)

AGNI has published the following work:

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lullaby

Poetry by Jike Ayou • Translated from the Chinese by Yě Yě
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the ticket home

Poetry by Jike Ayou • Translated from the Chinese by Yě Yě
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the thirtieth year not worth a dime

Poetry by Jike Ayou • Translated from the Chinese by Yě Yě
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