Ai Li is one of those people, and I don’t meet many of them,
who has dived into the art-creation pool with all cylinders
firing, and the effect on the spectator is like that of a
‘machine-gun’ blazing in contrast to the occasionally
shot pistol which more accurately characterises the generality of
us.
Let us not put the brakes on Ai Li, she must do this for herself
- the sheer delight of the flight is refreshing to behold.
...tastefully designed.....generously spaced text......If you get
a chance it is worth taking a look.
William Bishop Editor of Inscape, Photography
Journal
The poems alone are little gems; I only wish
there’d been more.
Ken M. Ellison, New Hope International Review
The extreme brevity can give a startling
image.............there is also a feeling throughout these books
of something left unpointed to.
Fred Schofield, Blithe Spirit, Journal of The
British Haiku Society
...excellent little poems...
Kevin Bailey, The Haiku Quarterly
It is one of ai li’s talents to be able to depict
people humorously in a way that also allows us to sympathise with
them.
There are a particularly interesting set of seven poems in words
2 where the word ‘no’ is used
For example,
clouds visit
high mountain temple
no pilgrims
This ability to depict nothingness reminds me very strongly of
some Chinese landscape paintings where the same attempt has been
made.
Erica Facey, Time Haiku
There is here an admirable economy of means - a few
words that often hit the gold.
Peter Marshall, Lipservice, Journal of London
Independent Photography
...beautiful and truthful... ...go buy one !
Stephen Jessener, Zimmerframepileup
Ai Li has a gift for dramatising the everyday, a
necessary skill for a haiku poet, as refreshing as it is
apparently uncommon.
Martin Lucas, Presence, a haiku magazine
enchanting book... I keep dipping into it.
Roy Green, The Photographic Journal
I find it most relaxing and centreing.
Joyce Durkin, The Royal Photographic Society
Bookshop
There is nothing to distract from the words. .... A
delightful book that leaves one wanting more.
Elizabeth Hillman, New Hope International
Review