I Published a Poetry Book

Long time, no see.

I've had a lot going on in my life for the past year or so, and I have been feeling incredibly stagnant.

Vocal has been an incredibly important part of my writing development over the past few years, and I've posted a lot of work on this website that I'm incredibly proud of... I was feeling some type of way the other day, and decided to take some of my best work from Vocal and slam it all together into a poetry chapbook... and so, evergreen was born.

evergreen explores what I'd consider to be my quarter life crisis. It touches on themes of death, fear, hope, love, and general human existence. It's a piece of my soul, and it's a conversation with my younger self. For some reason, I feel most comfortable talking about my deepest shames and insecurities to people who I've never met, but this collection has allowed me to share those parts of myself with my friends, coworkers, and family as well.

It's a little nervewracking to release these vulnerabilities into the ether for everyone and anyone to see, but something inside was telling me to do it. I don't know exactly what that something is. Perhaps my ego. Perhaps the universe. Perhaps it was nothing more than a hallucination. Whatever it may have been, releasing this just felt right, so here goes nothing.

You can read evergreen for free with Kindle Unlimited, now until forever. And you can purchase evergreen for free, now until 11:59 PM PST, Saturday, June 15th.

I'd really appreciate if you gave this book a download/"purchase," even if you don't decide to read it. Honest reviews are welcome. I'd love to know what I did right and even what I might have done wrong.

Thanks so much for reading. I hope to find the time to be more active on Vocal again. I'm incredibly grateful for everything this community has given me, and even though I'm not around as much as I would like to be, I haven't forgotten about any of you even a little bit.

Lots of love,

ash