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Echoes From An Expired Earth
Here, collected together for the first time, is the very best of Allen Ashley’s poetry. From Ariadne’s lament on Naxos to the site of the Thames astronautics, from how to spot a modern witch to how to survive an apocalypse, these poems take in myth, magic, ecology and popular song. Check out Jesus on the internet, attend the end of the world orgy, ride the nightmarish night bus or sail on dream ships. A collection of intelligence, resonance and humanity. (cover by Adrian Baldwin)
- GenresPoetry
66 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2020
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April 9, 2022
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February 8, 2022
This is a fab short read.
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September 11, 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 ELGIN AWARD
A collection of mostly humor-filled poetry. Not my style of poems, but I enjoyed one every so often. I am also not a big fan of poetry that rhymes, which many of these did, so it really just wasn't my type of thing.
A collection of mostly humor-filled poetry. Not my style of poems, but I enjoyed one every so often. I am also not a big fan of poetry that rhymes, which many of these did, so it really just wasn't my type of thing.
April 15, 2021
This poetry collection was listed in Amazon’s “You Might Like” kind of lists for me. Sometimes that works, sometimes not. But I was intrigued by the book’s title and blurb, so I went for it.
I’m glad I did. This poetry has a sly sense of humor, like a twinkle in the eye and a slightly raised corner of its lips.
The poem “H. P. Lovecraft’s Loathly Eldritch Band” gives the horror author a musical tribute to the rhythm of “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” While reading the poem, I couldn’t help but hear an instrumental version of the Beatles’s song underneath the poem’s lines. For those not accustomed to Mr. Lovecraft’s stories, he well used “eldritch” in describing creatures — and “gibbering” with townsfolk.
That poem is a good example of what this collection does. It holds up different topics and looks at them at fresh angles. Which takes marvelous creativity.
We get a list of characteristics of an imaginary friend. Another list tells us about things that will be gone after the Apocalypse. On a related note, another poem explains the postponement of “The End of the World Orgy.” If that disappoints you, we also get Sleeping Beauty’s thoughts of disappointment after being awoken by the prince’s kiss. In a more complicated romance, we hear three perspectives in the love triangle of Camelot.
If these poems — and those described in the book’s blurb — sound amusing to you in an off-kilter way, I encourage you to check out the book. It’s an entertaining combination of humor, absurdism, pop culture, and some of what it’s like to live in these modern times where we “big” ourselves up on Facebook, but don’t have jet packs or interplanetary flight.
I’m glad I did. This poetry has a sly sense of humor, like a twinkle in the eye and a slightly raised corner of its lips.
The poem “H. P. Lovecraft’s Loathly Eldritch Band” gives the horror author a musical tribute to the rhythm of “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” While reading the poem, I couldn’t help but hear an instrumental version of the Beatles’s song underneath the poem’s lines. For those not accustomed to Mr. Lovecraft’s stories, he well used “eldritch” in describing creatures — and “gibbering” with townsfolk.
That poem is a good example of what this collection does. It holds up different topics and looks at them at fresh angles. Which takes marvelous creativity.
We get a list of characteristics of an imaginary friend. Another list tells us about things that will be gone after the Apocalypse. On a related note, another poem explains the postponement of “The End of the World Orgy.” If that disappoints you, we also get Sleeping Beauty’s thoughts of disappointment after being awoken by the prince’s kiss. In a more complicated romance, we hear three perspectives in the love triangle of Camelot.
If these poems — and those described in the book’s blurb — sound amusing to you in an off-kilter way, I encourage you to check out the book. It’s an entertaining combination of humor, absurdism, pop culture, and some of what it’s like to live in these modern times where we “big” ourselves up on Facebook, but don’t have jet packs or interplanetary flight.
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July 30, 2022A very interesting collection of works by Allen Ashley! Ranging from comical to horror to dystopian, there is definitely something for everyone in this cultural normative with political commentary of beats, ballads, and blank verses.
** Since I find the works that fall into the poetry and non-fiction categories to be subjective and an outlet for the author’s creativity and story, I do not give them star ratings **
** Since I find the works that fall into the poetry and non-fiction categories to be subjective and an outlet for the author’s creativity and story, I do not give them star ratings **
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