What you will find here  

   . . . are notes, stories/prose poems and other things literary having to do with or being set in, for the most part, the prairie-plains. This is a work in progress. 

Prose Poem?

   One caveat. At least one. I won't debate what is or is not a prose poem. I mention it above only because I know there will be some question as to what genre or form my prose might belong. When I was a young writer they told me that no one wrote like that anymore; that my efforts were bits-and-pieces, fragments, on wasted paper. Too bad. At great sacrifice I had just bought a copy of Rimbaud's Illuminations. It was 1960 and I was raring to get going with my own work.    

   If you are interested, you might take a look at Michel Delville's The American Prose Poem, 1998. It is a good source for anyone wanting to do further study. Also, An Introduction to the Prose Poem, 2009, edited by Brian Clements and Jamey Dunham. For here, for now, you pays your money and you gets your choice. 

Of Further Interest
   Author L. Ray Wheeler has recently had published a collection of short stories titled Bar Talk And Tall Tales. The stories are set in contemporary western North Dakota and will simply blow you away with their portrayal of life on the edge. For a brief, insightful review, I refer you to Jim McWilliams'  theliterarysoapbox.blogspot.com.  Or go to my profile and click on the link in Blogs That I Follow. You will find the review in December of 2013. While you are visiting Jim's site, check out some of his other posts as well. Wheeler's book may be purchased from Buffalo Commons Press, PO Box 15, St. Peter MN, 56082, for $15.00. Just send them your check and tell them where you want the book mailed.
   
Finally
   Much of what I write here will be with family and friends in mind. They have always been curious as to how I spend my free time and they may comment and refer to me as 'Jerry' or sometimes just 'Jer'. But I will sign off as 'Gerald' since most who will visit this site know me by that name.

   And what I write will often be patterned after spoken language, so try not to take me to task for my fragments/incomplete sentences, strange juxtaposition of words, phrases, etc.  Enjoy, 


Gerald