Ashley Cline | Glass Poetry Press

Secretly three raccoons in a trench coat, Ashley Cline (& watch how easily the jaw sings of god and loading a new continent) is the author of four chapbooks of poetry: & watch how easily the jaw sings of god (Glass Poetry Press, 2021), electric infinities (Variant Lit, 2023), cowabungaly yours at the end of the world (Gutslut Press, 2023), & — most recently — loading a new continent (Glass Poetry Press, 2025). A two-time Pushcart nominee, her best at all-you-can-eat sushi is 5 rolls in 11 minutes.

This book unmade me like only something feral can. There is yearning in these pages and music, too. There is something powerful about the way that space becomes a metaphor for longing, the hunger of the imagery, and how the jaw sings a love poem so sweetly. This book held me tenderly like only moon light can and reminded me of how heavy our ghosts can be.

— jd hegarty, author of the clearest blue