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ISBN 978-1-421465-13-0 |
size : 20.5 cm x 14.8 cm |
201 pages |
Published: June 2010 |
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A bad day |
A comment card |
A farewell lunch |
A place of respite |
A perfect choice |
A poem a day |
A poem on the loo |
A thought this Easter |
A title |
An invitation |
Another language |
Approval of others |
Around your house |
As an Expat |
Ashes of the night |
At an airport |
At Christmas |
Between two roses |
Beyond afternoon tea |
Challenges |
Changes in our lives |
Changes in your body |
Dear fridge |
Do I turnaround? |
Emotions on the surface |
Every moment |
Footsteps |
From complex to simple |
From one place to another |
Good day, bad day |
Growing in the rain |
Idle thoughts |
In a hurry |
Moving on |
My words |
Night is here |
Neighbours |
Not running smoothly |
On being alone |
On being bald |
On your wedding |
One journey ends, another begins |
Our journey in life |
Outside my comfort zone |
Prejudice |
Seeing eye to eye |
Success and motivation |
Sudden change |
The role of an Expat |
The speed of life |
The value we place |
Today’s workplace |
To pick myself up |
To write like you |
Voicing your concerns |
Wanting to help |
What a threat |
What is it? |
While I wait |
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"The Definitive Collection : May 2004 - June 2005 : Volume Two"
was first published on 4 June 2010.
Its size will be approx. 14.8 cm (5 13/16") wide by
21.0 cm (8 5/16") long,
(also known as A5), and 12 mm (1/2") thick.
This volume contains 59 poem titles spread over 201 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
Introduction
Welcome to the second volume of “The
Definitive Collection.” Thank you for choosing this book.
This book is part of a multi-book project. It is the final
project on my journey of creating poetry books. This journey began
in 2003 with my first book, “A nod and a smile.” At the time of
publishing it, I had no idea that such a journey would be
undertaken. I had compiled the book, and had the layout designed by
a company. It was published under my own name, and as far as I was
concerned, that was it.
Little did I know, what would follow. Little did I know, how many
poems that I would subsequently write. Little did I know, how many
people would find value in my first book.
So it was, that almost five years later, I would continue my journey
of creating poetry books. Over the next two years, I would publish
twelve small books, including a slightly revised, reformatted, and
smaller sized version of my first book, “A nod and a smile.” I have
now called them, my small poetry book collection.
To finish off, I am reviewing my entire collection of poetry,
currently over 2700 poems. From mostly unpublished work, I will be
selecting poems worthy of inclusion in this final project. Of
course, not every poem can be selected, so there will be exceptions.
When first starting this project, I decided that the optimum book
would be around 200 pages, both from a cost of production, a
manageable content size, and potentially an interest perspective.
The last point was made along the lines of “the bigger the book, the
easier for the reader to lose interest.”
Initially, I decided to split the collection of poems into blocks of
500, with an expectation that each block would produce enough
content for one book. The majority of my previous works have
emanated from the first 500 poems, and yet, it was still possible to
find enough content for the first volume.
The culling process for subsequent books quickly revealed that the
original idea of one book for each of block of 500 poems should be
abandoned. It quickly became clear that several more books would be
needed. In fact, the culling process resulted in 12 volumes being
created. One additional volume will be provided containing a Poem
Title Index and a Subject Index. As general rule, poems over six
pages in length, were excluded. As with anything, there have been
some exceptions made to this rule.
The poems in this book are presented in the order in which they were
written. The aim of this book is to touch the reader in such a way,
that the person will want to pause and ponder each poem after
reading it.
Is such an aim achievable? Now that is a question that only you, the
reader, can realistically answer. What I hope is, that for my part,
I have given you enough encouragement and inspiration, to at least
think about each poem.
The rest is up to you.
In Volume One, the poems were selected from a block covering a nine
year period. In the case of this volume, the period of time covered
is just over one year.
The reason for this dramatic reduction in time frame, is that only
21 poems were written from April 1995 to June 2002, including a gap
of two years where nothing was written.
From June 2002 onwards, the number of poems written over time
increased significantly.
If anything, it was during this period that my passion for writing
was discovered, and I also had the time and interest to explore this
passion.
It is hoped that you will find what follows of value, of interest,
and worth pausing and pondering.
I now invite you to read Volume Two of “The Definitive Collection.”
Gary Dodd
May 2010
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