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  • “A Call to Victory” – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 046 – Poetry

    I read a poem titled “A Call to Victory” (a poem about personal strength & taking back your strength) from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 in Episode 046 of The Ashlee Craft Show!

    A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10

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  • “Metanoia 1” – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 045 – Poetry

    I read a poem called “Metanoia 1” from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 in Episode 045 of The Ashlee Craft Show! Also, I have a new microphone so the sound quality is SO MUCH BETTER!

    A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10

  • “Words” – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 044 – Poetry

    I read a poem called “Words” from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 in Episode 044 of The Ashlee Craft Show!

    A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10

     

    ///// WORDS /////

    it doesn’t matter what words you use
    they all mean the same thing

    it’s always great when people ban together
    against the same force which tries to outsmart teamwork

    it is all planned out beautifully; I am now
    strong enough to make it all happen

    beautiful music drifted through speakers
    & sanctified the rain

    the pink candle was lit; shadows of flames
    danced & the window was open

    I looked around at euphoric basic everyday moments
    & finally felt happy

    lying in a hammock on the summertime porch
    thinking about the meaning of sunlight

  • You Will Be More Than Okay – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 043 – Poetry

    I read a comforting, motivational poem from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10, titled “You Will Be More Than Okay”.

    A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10

     

    ///// YOU WILL BE MORE THAN OKAY /////

    I know you are afraid of being broken;

    that there is something wrong with you for feeling like this

    you’re afraid that you will never really know what it’s like to be happy;

    but you will be more than okay
    you’re afraid that you will always be lonely;

    the darkness comes around & tries to suffocate you still from time to time

    but look how it’s so much better than it used to be;

    you are going to be more than okay
    the night isn’t quite as dark as it seems;

    stars twinkle, stars shine, the moon is your mother watching down over you

    night music of crickets; the whole night is there to comfort you;

    you will be more than okay
    look how much stronger you are now: a year makes such a difference;

    & look how strong you are becoming even though you always thought yourself weak

    you did the impossible, all along you had it inside of you;

    & you are going to be more than okay
    the sharks are sleeping in their beds; the night is illuminated by candles;

    you do not walk alone; you believe now that you deserve real & lasting happiness

    there is nothing for you to fear – you are the captain of your soul, you can do this –

    take comfort & know
    you are going to be more than okay

  • “Revelations” – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 017 – Poetry

    I read “Revelations”, a poem from my book, A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 & I discuss how the poem relates to when you’re changing your life & becoming more yourself.

    READ MORE – A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10

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  • Reflections of Flowers

    A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 by Ashlee Craft - Cover

    From A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10

    rhymes floating in floodgates of windows, Hey Jude is playing quietly in the background, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road too as she’s walking across the cement, the ground below her is absorbing the sound of footsteps, & they’re echoing between buildings / cool cement in the late afternoon, long shadows / she has decided what she is going to be & walking towards it, bags packed / uncertain future in the distance, like the sun, but she runs to greet it because it is the sun

    words floating in empty buildings, they are totally silent but for the street traffic outside, horns honking & the quiet lull of motors, breathe in deeply the emptiness & realize that emptiness can become anything / this building is empty, but it is beautiful / think of the geode: a plain ordinary rock that only when it is broken reveals the quartz crystals that were inside of it all along; this is you / you think your brokenness makes you ugly, but being broken was the only thing that allowed you to see beauty that would have been otherwise hidden from you

    raindrops floating in reflections of flowers, you sat inside while it was raining & watched the droplets falling, thinking that you were stuck inside while the storm raged / I said something to you about how everyone must learn not to be afraid of going out to get what they want / you looked me in the eyes & got up & opened the door, took a deep breath & stepped out into the rain / “I don’t have to let storms stop me!” you sobbed, smiling as you walked barefoot in the puddles, watching raindrops bounce off flower petals, & ran through the gardens as the storm raged outside, & I joined you / eventually the clouds parted; warm rain stopped falling & the sun returned from behind the clouds, warm sun in the humid air in lush dark green garden, & the flowers were still dancing