| The Weird, the Wonderful, the Absurd, the Ridiculous or is it? Volume One |
| ISBN 978-1-421465-10-9 |
| size : 15 cm x 10.5 cm |
| 140 pages |
| Published: March 2010 |
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| Alphabetical List of Poems |
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A little forest All together Amongst the fairies Charging for a service Chasing rainbows Day off Dreams of dark and light Eccentricity For his eyes only Have phone will listen Hidden in the clouds I am here Inanimate sand Into this space Journey of healing Last train in Life through reflection Long enough The Freezer Block Society The Genius Factor The language of love The only thing stopping you The Present - Revisited We are One When too much is not enough With a little thought Writing Poetry |
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"The Weird, the Wonderful, the Absurd, the Ridiculous or is it?
Volume One" was first published on
1 March 2010. Its size
is approx. 10.5 cm (4.13") wide by 14.8 cm (5.83") long,
(also known as A6), and 9 mm (5/16") thick. It will easily
fit into a purse or even a back pocket. Welcome to Volume One of “The Weird, the Wonderful, the Absurd, the
Ridiculous or is it?” Thank you for choosing this book.
This volume contains
27 poem titles spread over 140 pages.
What appears below is the introduction from the book:
The journey of this title began with the selection of poems. This initial
selection process produced too many poems for a book of this size. A culling
process was conducted in order to reduce the content to a more manageable size
for one book. This process successfully reduced the number of pages for the
title to around 250 pages. Again, this number of pages was considered too large
for an A6-sized book.
A choice therefore had to be made, of either removing a significant amount of
the content, or dividing the book into two volumes. Yet another review of the
poems to be included was made, and it was still difficult to decide which ones
to keep and which ones to remove. Of note, a favourite book-ending poem was
located approximately half-way through the collection. So, in effect, the answer
was obvious.
What you have before you is volume one of a two-volume series. The majority of
poems in this series, with a couple of exceptions, were written in 2009. The
exception in this volume, is a poem which appears to be out-of-place or unusual.
This poem was added as part of a tradition which started with my first book, and
continues to this day. It was written while creating this volume.
What you have before you is a collection of poems that vary in subject, content,
length, ideas, and beliefs. There is no pattern, no synchronicity, and no theme
connecting any of them.
In creating what I would call a “random” book, I do not generally take the order
in which the poems were written into account. This is not the case
with this volume. With the exception of the poem mentioned above, the poems in
this volume do appear in the order in which they were written.
This book hopefully, is a whimsical look at life through my weird sense of
humour. Most of the poems are obscure in thought, weird in subject, and
tongue-in-cheek in their content.
There is one poem in this volume that may raise the eyebrows of some people. It
is called “For his eyes only.” It was originally created in response to a
request from a friend for a poem about a man’s love for something. It is
certainly risqué, and could easily be misunderstood. While some people will
connect to the funny side of this poem, a warning has been placed at the start
of it.
So there you have it, the first volume of my weird books. Read a little, get a
sense of what it might be about, and then decide if it is for you. Either way is
okay with me, and I do hope you find something of value in what follows.
I now invite you to read the first volume of “The Weird, the Wonderful, the
Absurd, the Ridiculous or is it?”
Gary Dodd
February 2010
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