ashley

that's my name.

this is my blog.

i'm sort of new to this whole...sharing thing. especially sharing of the online sort. but, i'm a writer, and i'm a blog-reader, so i figured, why not start one of my own?

this will be a place for my thoughts, things i've found, things i've written, things i've seen. whatever, really. perhaps the first post should tell you a little about me. so, here it is:

i'm a poet. i've been writing for a loooong time--since i could hold a pencil, really. i wanted to be harriet the spy when i was little, and i watched the movie over and over and over to get her mannerisms just right. i only wrote in composition notebooks for a long time because of good ole harriet. now, i write poetry. and i still want to be a spy.

i'm a student. i'm a student of english at a local university. i want to get an m.f.a. in poetry. i want to get a ph.d. in something. i want to teach creative writing and literature, and i want to be a university prezzz.

i'm kinda ridiculous. i joke around alot. most people don't see this side of me--i'm very reserved, calm, mature, what have you by day. folks think i'm a stick in the mud. this is not true. at least, i don't think it is.

i'm a professional shopper. now, i don't have clients or anything, but i consider myself a very serious shopper--i'm good at it, and i like it. smart girls like clothes, too. don't be fooled by my bookish charm.

i guess that's all i'd want to know about anyone ever...

there's not much more to leave here, but i guess i'll leave a little poetry for you kids to chew on.

here's a line i thought of on the way home from class recently.

from a poem i'd like to call "the bush:"

you look like a blade
from africa.
warrior dressed
in plainclothes.

that's all i've come up with so far...sad, yes.

alright, kiddies.

until next time.

a