Summary Of Don Kerr's Poem 'Editing The Prairie'

Wide-open spaces like the prairies provide room for opportunities. The speaker in Don Kerr’s poem “Editing the Prairie” believes in opportunity for the prairie, not in the regard that there is currently opportunity, but rather in the potential opportunity through “editing.” Often people don’t even comprehend what they don’t know about the prairies. Through the elementary, stereotypical focus of the prairie the speaker is unaware of the simply beauty that is neglected by the proposal of all the suggested changes. Ultimately, the speaker wants it to be something it is not and refuses the original until it is altered. This one sided perception of the prairie narrows the possible potential. The speaker is essentially a publisher/editor, a person