Dreamwork is a poetic exploration of the then and there,here and now, of landscapes and inscapes over time. It is part of apoetry series on dream and its relation to actuality. The poems explorepast, present, and future in different places from Canada through NewJersey, New York and New England to England and Europe, part of thespeaker’s journey. A typology of home and displacement, ofnatural beauty and industrial scars unfolds in the movement of thebook.
Jonathan Locke Hart’s poetry has appeared inmany prestigious literary journals, and translations of his poems havebeen published in Estonian, French, and Greek. Professor Hart teachesat the University of Alberta, and his recent books include DreamChina (2002) and Dream Salvage (2003).
