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ISBN 978-1-421465-22-2 |
size : 20.5 cm x 14.8 cm |
200 pages |
Published: August 2010 |
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A country smile |
A difficult gift |
A few stops away |
A garden bed |
A lady with a sigh |
A missing leg |
Being genuine |
Biting your tongue |
Black and white |
Bonding together |
Clarity through chaos |
Finding your words |
Getting on with it |
Happy Mothers Day (2008) |
Have leg will travel |
His pet computers |
I can do it too! |
In acknowledgment |
Little Miracle |
Little secrets |
Long lost items |
Noises of tranquillity |
On the road |
One day |
Pause ponder respond |
Responding to the call |
Sitting by the fire |
Sitting with a new friend |
Smiling inwards |
Something simple |
Strength |
Symbolism |
Taking a shortcut |
Temptation |
The helping spirit |
The next step |
The role of technology |
The secrets within |
The stillness of the afternoon |
The value of learning |
The word |
Through everything |
Weekend energy |
What is intuition? |
Which questions? |
With extraordinary care |
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"The Definitive Collection : March 2008 - August 2008 : Volume Eleven"
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 46 poem titles spread over 200 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
Introduction
Welcome to the eleventh 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 are some exceptions to this rule, and you will
find a couple of longer poems in this volume.
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, is the last in this collection, that have been created,
from poems written during a period, when I was writing at least one
poem every day. I did this for over 1000 days.
At the suggestion of others, I took a day off early in September
2008, as the challenge of writing a poem every day had almost become
an obsession. The day in question did not pass easily, and the sense
of disconnection was almost overwhelming. So, before you, is the
last group of poems from that period of continuously writing each
day.
Early in this volume, there are three consecutive poems that are all
connected. They discuss subjects that may be overlooked in our
day-to-day lives.
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 Eleven of “The Definitive
Collection.”
Gary Dodd
July 2010
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