Dreaminations: Prose Poems - Softcover

Zheng, Jianqing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1963695496 ISBN 13: 9781963695496

Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC, 2026

Synopsis

Dreaminations is a collection of prose poems in haibun or tanka prose style. Haibun or tanka prose links prose and haiku or tanka to complement each other through juxtaposition to gain a new sensibility, an insight into a significant moment. The linked forms also stand independently with their complete meanings that present two views of each moment, inviting the reader to leap in between for an aesthetic appreciation. That's the uniqueness of haibun and tanka prose and the fascination of writing them. This collection explores the self and the world through the working of the senses. It is a quest about where to posit the self and how a human being gains learning from nature and human nature.

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About the Author

Jianqing Zheng is the author of The Dog Years of Reeducation, A Way of Looking, and five poetry chapbooks and e-chapbooks; editor of seven scholarly books, including Conversations with Dana Gioia and Sonia Sanchez's Poetic Spirit through Haiku; and coeditor of four scholarly books, including Dana Gioia: Poet & Critic. He received the 2019 Gerald Cable Book Prize, 2001 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award, and three poetry fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, among other awards and honors. He is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University, where he serves as editor of the Journal of Ethnic American Literature and Valley Voices. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including Another Chicago Magazine, Birmingham Poetry Review, Louisiana Literature, Mississippi Review, and Spillway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1963695496
• ISBN 13: 9781963695496
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92