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ISBN 978-1-421465-21-5 |
size : 20.5 cm x 14.8 cm |
197 pages |
Published: August 2010 |
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A festive greeting |
A groundswell of one |
A perfect start |
A shining light |
An amazing place |
An angel in the mist |
As she waits |
Australia Day (2008) |
Beyond rage |
Closing doors |
Contagious |
Curler Club |
Custard Tart Club |
Digital Christmas |
Dustman |
Finding your space |
groundswell of one |
Happy New Year (2008) |
Home away from home |
I believe in you |
In one short life |
Into the clouds |
Joining friends |
Just a few minutes |
Le Stinky |
Learning to walk |
Middle of the mall |
My gift of love |
Nice um |
Off-hand comment |
Old Fart’s Club |
One day to go |
Open to learning |
Opening the channels |
Pain |
Past Present Future |
Personal responsibility |
Rain falling |
Restaurant of choice |
Sheep herding |
Sitting outside |
The Curler Club |
The Custard Tart Club |
The Dustman |
The humble handkerchief |
The Old Fart’s Club |
The sanctity of one |
Through her picture |
To the letterbox |
Understanding culture |
Unexpected events |
What is life? |
Where is his hat? |
Wiki-ATC |
With one word |
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"The Definitive Collection : October 2007 - March 2008 : Volume Ten"
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 50 poem titles spread over 197 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
Introduction
Welcome to the tenth 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, 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.
This volume was created from poems written during a period when I
was writing at least one poem every day. I did this for over 1000
days.
In this volume, we again encounter the Christmas - New Year period
and there are some poems related to this festive season. There is a
poem celebrating Australia Day. There are three poems talking about
unofficial clubs, and even one talking about the knowledge of my
former work colleagues. Like all of the books before this one, it is
believed that there is something for everyone.
There are two exceptions in this book. At a late stage, one poem was
replaced and another one was added. Both of these poems were written
outside the period indicated.
That is enough from me. 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 Ten of “The Definitive Collection.”
Gary Dodd
July 2010
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