- Paperback: 92 pages
- Publisher: Cauliay Publishing & Distribution (14 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955496462
- ISBN-13: 978-0955496462
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,272,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Seal Snorts Out The Moon is a delightful year-long journey through the seasons. Though most collections of haiku follow this pattern A Seal Snorts Out The Moon differs in that it starts with the end of Winter rather than the beginning of Spring; a moot point perhaps but nonetheless an innovative approach and an indication of the poet's quirkiness. Far from irreverent, however, Colin Stewart Jones is clearly informed by Buson when he writes: at birdsong a horse clears his throat Many of Colin Stewart Jones' haiku are placed within a wild Hebridean landscape and these offer a marked contrast with those from the poet's more usual urban setting. However, for a poet who finds beauty in the everyday, commonplace and often mundane, his geographical positioning is secondary to the way in which he views the world: spring morning sunlight passing through my urine Colin Stewart Jones deftly manages to avoid any sentimentality and still take the reader through his year with all its ups and downs while keeping a child-like questioning innocence: where is heaven? the child in me pops seaweed As we have seen the poet is respectful and referencing of the genre in which he writes, yet Colin Stewart Jones is also a very modern haiku poet: L8 sumr sistrs rgu ovr a txt A Seal Snorts Out The Moon has all that one would expect from a haiku and even more - the black and white haiga are particularly enchanting - making this book highly recommended reading indeed.
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Format:Paperback
Colin Jones applies the technique of the haiku to describe his impressions of the Scottish landscape and cityscape. His short poems create vivid images of the beauty and the ugliness that he sees around him. His talent for surprising metaphors and juxtapositions helps the reader to see the world through fresh eyes. He brings a wry and penetrating humour to his observations of the human and animal worlds. This is a book to read, savour and re-read.
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It is surely no coincidence that, just as I enjoy the smoky earthiness of a single malt from Islay, I enjoy reading the haiku of Colin Stewart Jones. In A Seal Snorts Out The Moon the poet escorts us through a cycle of seasons evoking for us snippets and perceptions along the way. Jones' humour, his moments of childlike wonder and his natural acknowledgement of basic human experiences such as excretion, reproduction and death reveal a gentle and unpretentious acceptance and celebration of the human journey in all its aspects.
Look at the gentle eroticism suggested in -
kitchen worktop -
the breadbin pushed aside
by her buns
Or become aware of the lightness with which he gives voice to the dying of love -
autumn
colours fading
my love
Look at the gentle eroticism suggested in -
kitchen worktop -
the breadbin pushed aside
by her buns
Or become aware of the lightness with which he gives voice to the dying of love -
autumn
colours fading
my love
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