Fishing Cherita
1
fishing pier
patience
of a straw-hatted
angler
tested
by the hot sun
2
fly-fishing
the water
moon
jumps up
droplets
of light
Jianqing Zheng’s recent poetry book is The Dog Years of Reeducation. A recipient of the 2024 poetry fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission, Zheng teaches at Mississippi Valley State University.
See more of his work in 13.3 and 12.1 and 8.2 and 8.2 and 8.2