by Ashley Larkin | Apr 30, 2017 | Poetry
Thinking about the changes of middle age and the demands of a good life and a desire for energy to keep pressing to the center of things. Originally published February 6, 2014. She pushes past coats in the wardrobe, like Lucy seeking light from the lamp post that...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 29, 2017 | Hope, Poetry
One would be wise to notice the breath catch of spring not because it is revolutionary in the way of something never seen or thought before, but because it is the same as last March and the one before, what grace One would be wise to apply spring’s wisdom to her...
by Ashley Larkin | Jan 31, 2017 | Perspective, Poetry
the house falls quiet on a rare afternoon all three girls spinning in their spheres and me alone with my dog, who entwines herself around my feet as i light a candle and chop vegetables carrot coins and kale chunks, onions and shallots — these ordinary elements...
by Ashley Larkin | Nov 4, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Poetry
certainty is not our promise, rather knowing God is leading us somewhere, and it is good I say I believe, but do actions show otherwise, as I pull out a compass in disappointed frustration, an exasperated now what? trusting more in the fact that I’m owed...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 23, 2016 | Faith, Perspective, Poetry
don’t you remember what it was like to swim the air, float on open sky, alight on branches and sing your wild heart out to dwell at night in the shadow of parent wings, the honey warmth of feather’s nurture? somewhere you began to give away the shelter,...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 26, 2016 | #OneWord365, Faith, One Word: Complete, Perspective, Poetry, Redemption
Lay them right down, all those lies you’ve believed about yourself all you’ve desired to see lapped up like kindling, watch the flames swallow them. Look at those ashes at your feet, reach down, cup them in your palms, you can hardly believe how soft it...
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