In the Smokies
1
camping
let the mind
crackle
like embers
to ash
for a new start
2
tent by the stream
seeing
in dream
the moon
metamorphose
in a cocoon
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