Publications
Debut Book
Oubliettes of Light traces Ashley’s life from her childhood as a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors to her later years. Through poetry, she illuminates the hidden—juvenile imprisonment, abuse, miscarriage, illness, and generational trauma. Like light filtering into an oubliette, her words reveal what lingers in the dark, guiding us through a journey of resilience and discovery.
Acknowledgments
My gratitude to the following literary journals that have published my poems, sometimes in slightly different form and with different titles.
The Blessing of the Onions
Angling Down
Safe Harbor
Milkweed
Tea Rose in August
Cracks in Everything
Breaking Ground
The Story Stone
A Single Icicle
A Long Time Ago There Was and There Wasn’t
The Story Stone
Three Flowers for Cynthia
Sarma
Pork Belly
Crown Shyness
The Trees Are Lit
Refuge
The Rains of November Have Come Again
What Cracks Open
Breaking Ground
Stayed So Long
A New Age
He Waits Inside
Venting
In the Field of Significant Moments
Solitaire
Refuge
We Are in the Lush Time
I Gave My Son My Father’s Name
Milkweed
What’s Broken
Night Sky
Evanescent