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"I call
his work poetry, he calls it country stories. Those who read his work call it
funny, sad, and beautiful all at the same time. . . .Not only do I recommend
that you buy the book, I recommend you give the book as presents.
From the Preface of Them Peas . . . One winter, a quiet one, while
working for Dean Neer, selling real estate in Modoc County, I read an article
Dean had written for the Modoc Historical Society, "Teacher." I
was impressed with his literary skills, so in an effort to inspire him to
additional literary efforts, I challenged him to a write off. "You
write somethin' then I'll write somethin'," sez I. So Ol' Dean
whipped out a poem, "JI and the Big Coyote." I responded with
"Them Peas." One day when I was out to lunch,
more so than
Upon my return from lunch, I discovered I was contracted out. So there I was, a flunk-out in English 1A at UNR, contracted out to write poetry. "Ha! They know not what they do," I thought. After consulting with my
advisor, Jack Daniels, I agreed to give it a try. (It was a lengthy So now you see who's actually responsible here. If you are dissatisfied, disappointed, unhappy, disturbed or mad about this book, contact Dean or Marie or Dennis Smith. If, by some strange reason, you like this book, contact me, John Callaghan at neer@frontiernet.net. Or print and send an order form. I would be happy to ponder all your comments seriously with my advisor, Jack Daniels. Contact Us Form | Home | Dean Neer Modoc Realty | Residential | Rural Residential | Surprise Valley | Acreage and Lots | Ranch and Farm | Commercial and Investment | About Modoc County | About Modoc County 2 | About Modoc County 3 | Warm Springs Valley | More Photos of Modoc County | Neer Hereford Ranch | Them Peas | John's Poems | About the Artists |
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usual, Dean showed "Them Peas" to Dennis Smith.
Dennis, a perceptive individual, sez to Dean, "Huh! Do you s'pose
he'd let me print it in The Northern California Traveler?" "Sure
he would, "sez Dean. "Well, do you think he'd do ten a
year?" asks Dennis. "Sure he would," sez Dean.
consultation.) My rationale being, if you do it incorrectly, you can
can call it creative style. And if, or more accurately, when my
punctuation was amiss, I could simply say, "You can do it that way in poetry."
So with my Jack D. inspired plan, I wrote a few poems, shaking in some periods
and commas like salt and pepper on a bland diet. Unfortunately, Jack and I
had overlooked spelling. Enter Marie Neer, good friend and English
teacher, who realizing I might be a tad defensive, agreed to a knot bumping,
rather than a cabinet making approach, to correct the more blatant problems.
She kept my hogs roaming on the ranch rather than being on the Rome in Italy,
and mildly added and subtracted my apostrophes and their punctual kin, and
occasionally smoothed off a few of the bigger bumps.