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ISBN 978-1-421465-24-6 |
size : 20.5 cm x 14.8 cm |
258 pages |
Published: September 2010 |
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"The Definitive Collection : Index : Volume Thirteen" was first published on
17 September 2010. The date celebrates the 7th anniversary of the publishing of Gary Dodd's first book, "A nod and a smile."
Its size is approx. 14.8 cm (5 13/16") wide by
21.0 cm (8 5/16") long,
(also known as A5), and 14 mm (9/16") thick.
This volume contains a 30 page Poem Title Index, a 200-plus page
Subject Index and one final poem, spread over 258 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
Introduction
Welcome to the thirteenth volume of
“The Definitive Collection.” Thank you for choosing this book.
This book is the final volume in this multi-book project. It is
expected to be 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 have reviewed my entire collection of poetry,
currently over 2700 poems. In most cases, from work not already
published, I have selected poems considered worthy of inclusion in
this collection, and placed them in the previous 12 volumes. A small
number of previously published poems have also been included in this
collection.
In this volume, you will find a Poem Title Index and a Subject
Index. In terms of the time spent creating a book in this
collection, this volume has been by far the longest and the hardest
to compile. This volume is also the longest book in the collection.
The Poem Title Index is a comprehensive list of poems included in
this collection, shown in alphabetical order.
In an effort to assist the reader in searching for the title of a
poem, certain poem titles have been repeated in the Index. Where the
poem starts with a common word, it has been repeated, this time,
without the common word.
As a consequence, you will frequently see poem titles starting with
a lowercase letter. This is an example of a poem title where the
leading common word, was dropped.
The Subject Title Index is over 200 pages long, with more than 2000
words or combination of words. It has around 8000 page references.
In an effort to reduce the length of this Index, several variations
of the same word were group together. This occurs where it was
considered that it would not adversely affect a reader’s search for
the subject in question.
To finish off, there is one final poem.
“The Definitive Collection” started out as an idea in my head. At
that time, it was believed that the collection would consist of only
five volumes. The first volume was on track, for such a number.
Of course, that did lead me to a false sense of perspective, as the
majority of my previous books, emanated from the first 500 poems.
As time went by, and I continue to read and review my collection, I
quickly discovered that the original idea of five books, should be
abandoned.
So it is, that before you is the 13th volume of “The Definitive
Collection.” It is true that there is only one poem in this volume.
Then again, I believe that the content of this book is as valuable,
as any of the previous volumes.
For the statistically minded, there are 577(*1) poems in “The Definitive
Collection,” spanning over 15 years of my life. The 13 volumes,
including this index, bring the total number of pages in this
collection to more than 2600.
Taking into account my previous books, I have now published almost
900 poems, and over 4000 pages of poetry.
That is enough from me. It is hoped that you will find that the
contents of this volume, assists you in locating the poem or
subject, that you want to explore.
I now invite you to refer to, as often as you like, Volume Thirteen
of “The Definitive Collection.”
Gary Dodd
August 2010
(Please note:
*1: After this volume was sent to the printer, it was discovered
that an error had been made in the total number of poems in the collection.
Volume Thirteen indicates that there are 580 poems in the collection. A
translation error revealed that there is in fact, only 577 poems in this
collection. The error will be corrected, if and when, the first
reprint is undertaken.
Any misunderstandings caused by this error are sincerely regretted.)
The following link will take you to the book's website, with some
additional information regarding this volume. To see more,
please visit the book's website "
The
Definitive Collection." Thank you.
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