Published 12 Books of poems, the novel: Wild Dreams of Reality, and a memoir about having polio: A Body Divided. website www.jerryratch.com
The poet reading his poems on www.poetryvlog.com
also on youtube:
http: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=TQvsSdjcEvM
“The place is great”
we told the rental agent
“except for one thing
...
I think I know that fly
That fly followed us from our apartment
on W.11th St
When I opened the door he flew right in
...