Gene Hewett

Wine Me, Dine Me, Dance Me, Romance Me Gene Hewett

Wine Me, Dine Me, Dance Me, Romance Me, reads like an evolving collage of romantic experiences framed in poetic style. In many ways, the collection represents an autobiographical sketch in romance. It begins by providing snapshots of the author's early relationships, evolves to romantic accounts as viewed through the eyes of a fictional son, and concludes with romantic descriptions provided by that son's daughter. The collection has a traditional table of contents, a second one titled, "Musical Inspiration" and a third titled, "Photographic Images" The second table of contents illustrates the author's desire to match specific majority rhythm and blues songs such as "Ain't No Way" to each poem. In the short run, the author envisions that the collection will be made available (a) in electronic form, (b) as a paperback, and (c) for hardcover distribution. In addition, owing to the musical theme, the author anticipates that the collection can be presented in audio book form. In the long run, the author anticipates that it may be possible to package the collection in a stage production format (complete with a speaker, background music, and Power Point images with optional dance choreography). The third table of contents shows the author's ability to enhance the spirit and mood of each poem by linking them to a digital image obtained from the corbis.com or corbisimage.com website. The majority of the digital images were based upon floral themes such as "Close Up of a Red Rose" and landscape themes such as "View of Malibu From Point Dume" Several digital image selections such as "Glass of Wine with Cork and Rosebuds" departed from the floral/landscape pattern in order to further highlight a unique mood.