title: The Giant Book of Poetry Audio Edition: Poems That Make a Statement
author: William Roetzheim
description: William Roetzheim is best known as the author of ten technical books on management, technology, and software along with over 150 technical articles. He founded two successful software companies (Marotz, Inc. and Cost Xpert Group, Inc.), winning numerous awards (Inc. 500, Deloitte and Touch Fast 50, Total Excellence in Management Award, Best Place to Work in San Diego, Borland Application of the Year, and many others). He sold both companies and retired from the world of technology to focus on his primary love, poetry. His poems have won numerous awards and recognition, including the Milford Fine Arts Council National Poetry Contest, Writers Challenge, Faulkner Society Poetry Award, Oberon Prize, Pagan Poetry Contest, Saturday Writers One Page Poetry Contest, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Convention Poetry Prize.
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  The Giant Book of Poetry
  
  William H. Roetzheim, Editor
  
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  Copyright acknowledgements for poems contained in this work are contained in
  the acknowledgement section at the end of this work, which shall be considered
  an extension of this copyright page.
  
  The special contents of this edition  
  are Copyright © 2006 by William H. Roetzheim
  
  This book was illustrated by  
  William H. Roetzheim
  
  The author would like to thank Chris McDonald for assistance researching
  author dates of birth and Marshall Harvey for help with copyediting the
  manuscript.
  
  Published by Level Four Press, 13518 Jamul Drive,  
  Jamul, CA 91935-1635 USA.  
  [www.Level4Press.com](http://www.Level4Press.com)
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  
  The Giant Book of Poetry  
  edited by William H. Roetzheim  
  p. cm.
  
  1\. Poetry 2. English poetry. 3. American Poetry. I. Roetzheim, William H.
  
  Library of Congress Control Number:2005903197
  
  This book is printed 