ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
An avid introvert, full-time carbon-based life-form & aspiring himbo, Ashley Cline 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), & loading a new continent (Glass Poetry Press, 2025). A three-time Pushcart nominee & Best of the Net 2020 finalist, her best at all-you-can-eat sushi is 5 rolls in 11 minutes.
Also by Ashley Cline:
electric infinities
cowabungaly yours at the end of the world
a series of Augusts
Previously in Glass: A Journal of Poetry:
loading a new continent
& watch how easily the jaw sings of god
on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, mountains of seaweed grow
i dress her in pixels
after Todd Dillard's “One Hundred Thousand Bells”
check the mailbox. place items in pockets.
return home as quickly as i left.
this is how it begins. with digital clouds
in a digital sky; a warm interior beneath a digital roof.
get changed? the wardrobe prompts, a thimble of
succulents arranged in perpetual bloom on its head.
outside: an imagined spring gives way
to an invented summer. palm trees shiver
coconuts to the ground. pink plumerias pixel
in the breeze. gather hibiscus, farm the vegetables,
deposit bells & bells & bells & bells & bells.
along the coastline, sunfish shadow the brilliant blue
of ocean. dwarf the fishing pole; the hands;
the body — that which reels it in with care.
beside the cranny, i dress her in petal skirts;
in blossom dresses; in fashions lovingly made by claw.
here, there are fossils beneath our feet in abundance.
unbury the possible. replant the pine tree whole.
In lieu of a discussion of the poem, a dedication: for Hannah, my love, & the world you've made possible.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
All contents © the author.
All contents © the author.
