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alone  \nThese four lines from the Rod Mc-Kuen song I′m Not Afraid say muchabout this book.It is a cycle of lovepoems,numbered rather thannamed,because the author con-siders them as being more subjec-tive than collective.  \n100  \nCaught in the Quiet  \nBOOKS BY ROD McKUEN  \nAnd Autumn CameStanyan Street and Other SorrowsListen to the WarmLonesome CitiesTwelve Years of ChristmasIn Someone's ShadowNew BalladsCaught in the Quiet  \nRod McKuen  \n# CAUGHTIN THEQUIET\n\nThe first eight poems in this collectionappeared in the magazine Woman's Day,and with the exception of two otherpoems the remainder were written inMarch of 1970 in London and in New York.  \nCopyright C,1970,byMontcalm Productions,Inc.  \nAll rights reserved underInternational Copyright Laws.  \nA Stanyan book published by Stanyan Books,8721 Susnset Blvd.,Los Angeles,California,and,by Random House,Inc.,201 E.50th St.,New York,N.Y.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permissionin writing from the publisher;except by a reviewer,who may quotebrief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.Particular emphasis is laid on broadcasting,readings and performance.  \nIntroduction to  \ncaught in the quiet  \nIn love or out of love we are suspended asin a limbo created by the presence ofor the lack of someone else.  \nI never like to analyze what lam writingor what I have written,and so in  \ncommenting on this particular workI canonly say that it has.come from a recentlimbo that has given me more than all thelimbos of my small lifetime.  \n-R.M.March 1970","cbCais6SCWlXQI99","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais6SCWlXQI99","pdf",1113652,64,"English","# Introduction\n## Poem Themes and Origins\n## Bibliography of Rod McKuen's Works","[{\"question\":\"What is the central theme of 'Caught in the Quiet'?\",\"answer\":\"The book is a cycle of love poems that explore the subjective experience of being in or out of love and the emotional 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