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ISBN 978-1-421465-16-1 |
size : 20.5 cm x 14.8 cm |
199 pages |
Published: August 2010 |
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A break with family |
A cautious approach |
A cup of coffee |
A glance by chance |
A heavy sigh |
A journey of many stumbles |
A lone piper |
A short life |
About nothing |
The act of giving |
Adapting to situations |
As time goes by |
Ask your stomach |
Clarity through chaos |
Coffee and car accident |
Doubting your ability |
Embracing tears |
Everyone that you meet |
Everything is possible |
Feeling lucky |
From mediocre to memorable |
Growing with life |
heavy sigh |
I’m okay |
I trust you |
Inhibiting progress |
In the head |
journey of many stumbles |
language of music |
I listen to one song |
lone piper |
On intimidation |
On Mothers Day (2006) |
On shouting |
Once a day |
One day at a time |
One Saturday in July |
Opportunities |
Plant a tree when I die |
Searching for answers |
The act of giving |
The spirit of cooperation |
The circle of friendship |
The language of music |
Understanding others |
What about poetry? |
What is your message? |
What you think |
When you are listening |
Without thought or thinking |
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"The Definitive Collection : March 2006 - July 2006 : Volume Five"
was first published on 23 August 2010.
Its size is 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 45 poem titles spread over 199 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
Introduction
Welcome to the fifth 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 block of 500 poems, should be
abandoned. It also 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 a general rule, poems over six pages in length were excluded. As
with anything in life, there will be some exceptions 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 the first four volumes, the period of time covered by each book
reduced from nine years to three months. In this book, the time
period is four months. It was also during this time, that I was
writing at least one poem every day. As you can imagine, a large
number of poems were written over a short period of time.
In this volume, we cover topics from a brief glance to issues of
intimidation, shouting and understanding fear. There are also poems
on coffee, listening and appreciating music, even a bit of humour to
pass the day. There is a poem celebrating Mothers Day, one of
several written over the years. In all, there is almost something
for everyone. Does that include you? There is only one way to find
out.
Would you like a little mystery? Then, close this book, and open it
again, to any poem, and read what is there. By the end of that poem,
you will know, if this book is for you. Are you up to the challenge?
I now invite you to read Volume Five of “The Definitive Collection.”
Gary Dodd
July 2010
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