Dreamwork is a poetic exploration of the then and there, here and now, of landscapes and inscapes over time. It is part of a poetry series on dream and its relation to actuality. The poems explore past, present, and future in different places from Canada through New Jersey, New York and New England to England and Europe, part of the speaker’s journey. A typology of home and displacement, of natural beauty and industrial scars unfolds in the movement of the book.
Jonathan Locke Hart’s poetry has appeared in many prestigious literary journals, and translations of his poems have been published in Estonian, French, and Greek. Hart teaches at the University of Alberta, and his recent books include Dream China (2002) and Dream Salvage (2003).