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Thoughts of a Poet
All Things Poetry


The Things Forgotten
It is often the faintest memory, the one that is tucked away in the quiet recesses of the mind, hidden from everyday thoughts, that are...
Ashley Rost
Sep 13 min read
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The Power of Perspective
I sat on the edge of a hill perched on a rock, staring into the vast overlook beyond. The skies hung over my head as the clouds taunted...
Ashley Rost
Aug 263 min read
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The Opportunity of Choice
We live in a world of constant opportunity, and yet we still manage to seldom see it when it arrives before our eyes. We fail to observe...
Ashley Rost
Aug 123 min read
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The Magnitude of a Moment
Life is full of the ever-presence of moments. Every blink of an eye, every breath, every action and then it passes. On to the next. Some...
Ashley Rost
May 62 min read
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As the Birds Do
Tiny prints patter across the tree limbs, as they carry the weight of the white sheet layered elegantly across it. A bird skips along the...
Ashley Rost
Feb 183 min read
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The Sound of Storytelling
Music is a script all its own and can tell a story in as short a time as three minutes. Perhaps more, or perhaps less. A dialect of notes...
Ashley Rost
Feb 123 min read
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To Write, or to Continue to Write
My pen paces elegantly across the pages, as I carve stories into the shedded skin of a dead tree. The letters holding hands as they work...
Ashley Rost
Jan 293 min read
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As Snowflakes Softly Speak
January has arrived, the month that usually brings a bitter chill, and the first whisper of snow. The trees empty of their adorning...
Ashley Rost
Jan 82 min read
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Falling Leaves and Autumn Trees
Autumn always brings a swift chill to nature's landscape. The air has a calm sweetness, and the trees are covered in shades of gold and...
Ashley Rost
Sep 7, 20242 min read
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