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I am blown away by your book “What Daddy Had To Say.”
I understand that this is the first book that you have published. I even hesitate to use the word “book” because you have created an experience and a sharing of a world of pithy sayings and insights.
I am deeply moved by the driving force behind this collection of poetry and prose, being your desire to communicate with a 20-something generation Y daughter.
Your creative invention of new syntax and poetic form is stunning. You simply direct words and grammar into novel and creative patterns that enhance the contents of the insights displayed.
Keep up the beautiful work.
Felix
We are honoured to have been included in your Collection of Thoughtographs. We both found it very interesting and as you read along, you see different pictures, feel different emotions, have different interpretations and connections to each thought.
I believe it is so very important to present yourself and who you are, from your own perspective, because we are often judged or evaluated on the basis of other people’s expectations of you. You meet those expectations and you are great, you don’t and you are failure. Our story of who we are is best told by us in a personal way.
Errol and Olive
I will read and reread your book for the rest of my days.
As I told you when I first saw your ‘poems,’ they truly reflect the compassionate, thoughtful, wise and witty man that you are.
Thank you.
Pat
The words in this book are simple…but their meaning is deep. Most people understand the words but may not get the meaning. This is the kind of book that if everyone in the world was to read it, could change the world. You are a good writer.
Edward, age 11
For those of us who know Tennyson, What Daddy Had To Say, this collection of his thoughts, impressions, ideas—his poetic responses to life, his thoughtographs—is truly a revelation.
In childhood we knew him as a lover of dogs (the Pied Piper of dogs and children as I once described him); as an athlete, captain of his high-school soccer team and cricket team; as a table-tennis player with a superb defensive style. More important, we knew him as this guy with a highly unusual sense of humor who could not resist teasing us. Little did we know that this gift represented deep insight and humanity. And through the years, it was his perceptions, judgment and feedback on things ranging from clothes to relationships that I sought, trusted and respected most.
We have seen him navigate through his life as a father and a man, an entrepreneur of serious intention, not wanting to be sidetracked by the unimportant. As a poet, he has now fulfilled the promise of his name: flowers know/baby birds know they must leap before they fly/…dripping with trust the infant emerges. These are among some of my favorite lines. His eulogies are stunning because he sees people clearly, understands their inner struggles; and his love of Nature shows a connectedness, the gentle side of his nature.
Most of us, as we turn the pages of our life, can offer few pages from the book of inspiration. The range that Tennyson reveals is awesome.
Way to go guy!
Dawn
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