-- , , 124 2009 Five Notations of Prose Poem is a collection of 124 of Chen Minghua's prose poems written in Chinese from 2009 to current, separated into 5 notations: poetry, politics, humanism, materialism, and miscellaneous including travel reflections. Chen was born and raised in Vietnam during the country's civil war period, and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife. He is an electronic engineer for a living, and a poet and the chief editor of New World Poetry for more than 30 years out of passion.