CHAPBOOKWRITER

Day 101

Shifting focus from paranormal to the Charismatic.  Very intense. 

Check out AUDIO POEMS.

 Thought to showcase Phantasm for a while.  Chapter 1, appears in rough draft form.

Collected Chapbooks 1997-2009 includes four chapbooks, "chapter books," books under 100 pages.

• "Journey of a Martyr" is a poetic allegory that explores the dynamic of "a calling."

• "Fatherhood and Sonship" pulls from life experience as a celebration of bonding between three generations: father, son, grandson. It was written while the author’s father approached death and while his own son approached manhood.

• "The World on Stilts" is a fictionalized prose account portraying a man redefining the geometry that composes his life.

• "Seasons with an Unearthed Soul," through metaphor and personification, captures two critical concepts – what matters most and what constitutes forevermore, and the influences they have on how one sees, feels, dreams, thinks, believes, and hopes.

To order a copy of COLLECTED CHAPBOOKS 1997-2009, type in the name of the book at the search engine located at the publisher's website:

www.publishamerica.com

At the age of 13, Dean C. Gardner decided he wanted to be a writer. Educated at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, he received a BA - General Curriculum, MA - Creative Writing, and spent a number of years in literary criticism at the doctoral level. His was a dual career of twenty-five years as a technical writer for corporate concerns, and adjunct English professor for Milwaukee area colleges and universities.

For the past 30 years he has completed a chapbook every three years. In his sixtieth year, he left a life-long residence of Wisconsin for the forests, mountains and rivers of Tennessee. He hopes to write for another thirty years.