Ashley Elizabeth | writer & educator
@aetheblkpoet.bsky.social
Poet, educator, foodie, based in Baltimore, MD.
Author of chaps you were supposed to be a friend (2020), black has every right to be angry (2023), red line (2024) & CHARM(ed) (2024) | full-length: A Family Thing (2024)
aetheblkpoet.com
Author of chaps you were supposed to be a friend (2020), black has every right to be angry (2023), red line (2024) & CHARM(ed) (2024) | full-length: A Family Thing (2024)
aetheblkpoet.com
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CHARM(ed) by Ashley Elizabeth
About the book: Welcome home, hon. CHARM(ed) chronicles Baltimore life and grapples with the idea of home and belonging. It also celebrates a city with deep roots, history, and culture—particularly th...
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My fourth chapbook came out yesterday! (Thought I posted, but apparently not!) Check out my love letter to Baltimore here: fifthwheelpress.myshopify.com/products/cha...
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LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Who wants these banger poems? 👀👀
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Who wants these banger poems? 👀👀
There is such irony in building a microchap about ****** *********.
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There is such irony in building a microchap about ****** *********.
And then they doubled down on it today!
Someone just tried to make the argument that writing isn't work.
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
And then they doubled down on it today!
Someone just tried to make the argument that writing isn't work.
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Someone just tried to make the argument that writing isn't work.
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
Like um... hello, are you unwell?
There's something reflective about this fall.... or is it just me?
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There's something reflective about this fall.... or is it just me?
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If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection.
Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...
Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...
February 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection.
Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...
Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...
Booked my first AWP offsite today 🥹
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Booked my first AWP offsite today 🥹
Need a slice of humble pie as a writer? Open some documents you wrote in middle or high school.
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Need a slice of humble pie as a writer? Open some documents you wrote in middle or high school.
I miss the @barrelhouse.bsky.social write-ins!
August 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I miss the @barrelhouse.bsky.social write-ins!
So I just realized that I have been sitting on a just about complete full-length draft that matches my current writing project for 2 YEARS??
a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a mirror in a room .
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a mirror in a room .
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July 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So I just realized that I have been sitting on a just about complete full-length draft that matches my current writing project for 2 YEARS??
Share if you can! Let's get this project funded by tonight!
July 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Share if you can! Let's get this project funded by tonight!
If anyone needs some books for the Sealey challenge, I have 5 you can add, and one of them is now free!
July 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If anyone needs some books for the Sealey challenge, I have 5 you can add, and one of them is now free!
Met two of my literary icons, Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, tonight after driving from Baltimore to Bethesda, and my word, for also being a writer, I could not get words to formulate when talking to them. Grateful to be in their presence. What a great night.
July 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Met two of my literary icons, Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, tonight after driving from Baltimore to Bethesda, and my word, for also being a writer, I could not get words to formulate when talking to them. Grateful to be in their presence. What a great night.
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#OtD 17 Jul 2014 Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, was choked to death by white NYPD officers while arresting him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. The event sparked protests across the US as part of the #BlackLivesMatter movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8896...
July 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OtD 17 Jul 2014 Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, was choked to death by white NYPD officers while arresting him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. The event sparked protests across the US as part of the #BlackLivesMatter movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8896...
Maybe THIS is what my next book should be about
July 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Maybe THIS is what my next book should be about
The research I'm doing for my WIP is intense and eye-opening and scary
July 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The research I'm doing for my WIP is intense and eye-opening and scary
Finally watching all of Hamilton, and I can understand the hype.
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finally watching all of Hamilton, and I can understand the hype.
I think yesterday was one of the first times anyone has called my writing career "prolific" and Lord, I needed to hear that. 🥹🥹
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I think yesterday was one of the first times anyone has called my writing career "prolific" and Lord, I needed to hear that. 🥹🥹
For my writers, who are your dream presses and why?
I have 3 that come to mind!
I have 3 that come to mind!
June 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
For my writers, who are your dream presses and why?
I have 3 that come to mind!
I have 3 that come to mind!
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Keep an eye out for AFM: I2 to drop on JUNE 7TH.
Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, Judith Skillman, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social, Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Davin Faris
... and subs open 6/8 for monthly features
Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, Judith Skillman, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social, Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Davin Faris
... and subs open 6/8 for monthly features
June 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Keep an eye out for AFM: I2 to drop on JUNE 7TH.
Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, Judith Skillman, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social, Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Davin Faris
... and subs open 6/8 for monthly features
Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, Judith Skillman, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social, Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Davin Faris
... and subs open 6/8 for monthly features
It's my balloon day! If you want to give me a gift, buy one of my books and support small presses! Talk about my work with others.
April 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's my balloon day! If you want to give me a gift, buy one of my books and support small presses! Talk about my work with others.
The poetry is coming back yall.
April 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The poetry is coming back yall.
Anyone have any prompts floating about?
April 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Anyone have any prompts floating about?