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Old Stone & Between Giants
A combined edition of Ashley's previous collections 'between giants' and 'old stone: haiku, senryu & haibun'
- GenresPoetry
110 pages, Paperback
First published November 20, 2014
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About the author
Ashley Capes
76 books576 followersAshley is a poet, novelist and ex-teacher living in Australia.
He taught English, Media and Music Production, played in a metal band, worked in an art gallery and slaved away at music retail. Aside from reading and writing, Ashley loves volleyball and Studio Ghibli – and Magnum PI, easily one of the greatest television shows ever made.
See poetry and fiction at http://ashleycapes.com/
He taught English, Media and Music Production, played in a metal band, worked in an art gallery and slaved away at music retail. Aside from reading and writing, Ashley loves volleyball and Studio Ghibli – and Magnum PI, easily one of the greatest television shows ever made.
See poetry and fiction at http://ashleycapes.com/
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June 29, 2015June Update:
Giveaway going live in a few days!
April
Thrilled to announce the (future) release of old stone & between giants!
It's a combined edition of two of my previous poetry collections, due for release as an ebook on June 1st. The print edition will follow.
Stay tuned for a future Giveaway here at Goodreads :)
January 15, 2015
Ashley Capes continues to impress me. I have previously reviewed his poetry collection Stepping Over Seasons and have also had the pleasure of reviewing his debut fantasy novel, City of Masks. His ability to straddle such diverse genre spaces would have me jealous if I hadn’t come to know him as such a generous and warm hearted author and poet.
As the title of the book forewarns, old stone is a 45 page collection of Japanese form poetry. Now, some poets and readers might look down their nose at Haiku and Senryu as perhaps childish or unchallenging. Indeed Peter Sansom in Writing Poems, was particularly (and entertainingly) cutting in his summation of the form and the peculiarity of some of the poets who like to specialise in it. Being a writer of Haiku and Senryu myself I have a difference of opinion.
Haiku and Senryu in my experience are similar to a game like chess. It’s easy to learn the rules but can take a lifetime to master or in the case of poetry produce something lasting. If you are still of the opinion that Haiku are just seventeen syllable poems, it might be worth learning a bit more about them. I suggest and introductory text by Jane Reichhold.
Continue reading at the blog
As the title of the book forewarns, old stone is a 45 page collection of Japanese form poetry. Now, some poets and readers might look down their nose at Haiku and Senryu as perhaps childish or unchallenging. Indeed Peter Sansom in Writing Poems, was particularly (and entertainingly) cutting in his summation of the form and the peculiarity of some of the poets who like to specialise in it. Being a writer of Haiku and Senryu myself I have a difference of opinion.
Haiku and Senryu in my experience are similar to a game like chess. It’s easy to learn the rules but can take a lifetime to master or in the case of poetry produce something lasting. If you are still of the opinion that Haiku are just seventeen syllable poems, it might be worth learning a bit more about them. I suggest and introductory text by Jane Reichhold.
Continue reading at the blog
October 7, 2016
My review on bücher.de:
Diese Gedichte des australischen Autors Ashley Capes handeln vor allem von Erinnerungen und von Erlebnissen seiner Italienreise. Seine Liebe zur Natur ist unverkennbar.
'Between giants' enthält Gedichte der japanischen Formen Haiku, Senryu und Haibun. Die Gedichte in 'old stone' erzählen dagegen freier. Haiku und Senryu sind Dreizeiler, Haibun bestehen aus einem spontane Beobachtungen erzählenden Teil mit einem abschliessenden Haiku. Vor allem von der großartigen Wirkung bei der Einfachheit der Haiku bin ich total begeistert, so viel Faszination in so wenigen Silben!
Egal, wo ich das Buch aufschlage, ich bin immer wieder ergriffen von dem guten Gefühl, das diese Gedichte bei mir auslösen. Vor allem die Naturbeschreibungen von Ashley Capes sind faszinierend. Die meisten dieser Gedichte machen mich glücklich!
Es erstaunt mich immer wieder mit wie wenig Worten er es erreicht, dass ich die geschilderten Szenen sehr lebendig vor mir sehe und höre, ich kenne keinen Vergleich. Die harmonisch klingenden Verse sind ganz nach meinem Geschmack.
Von mir gibt es die höchste Empfehlung für Italien- und Naturliebhaber und jeden, der neugierig ist auf ungewöhnlich schöne Gedichte.
Diese Gedichte des australischen Autors Ashley Capes handeln vor allem von Erinnerungen und von Erlebnissen seiner Italienreise. Seine Liebe zur Natur ist unverkennbar.
'Between giants' enthält Gedichte der japanischen Formen Haiku, Senryu und Haibun. Die Gedichte in 'old stone' erzählen dagegen freier. Haiku und Senryu sind Dreizeiler, Haibun bestehen aus einem spontane Beobachtungen erzählenden Teil mit einem abschliessenden Haiku. Vor allem von der großartigen Wirkung bei der Einfachheit der Haiku bin ich total begeistert, so viel Faszination in so wenigen Silben!
Egal, wo ich das Buch aufschlage, ich bin immer wieder ergriffen von dem guten Gefühl, das diese Gedichte bei mir auslösen. Vor allem die Naturbeschreibungen von Ashley Capes sind faszinierend. Die meisten dieser Gedichte machen mich glücklich!
Es erstaunt mich immer wieder mit wie wenig Worten er es erreicht, dass ich die geschilderten Szenen sehr lebendig vor mir sehe und höre, ich kenne keinen Vergleich. Die harmonisch klingenden Verse sind ganz nach meinem Geschmack.
Von mir gibt es die höchste Empfehlung für Italien- und Naturliebhaber und jeden, der neugierig ist auf ungewöhnlich schöne Gedichte.
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