Poetry

“The poetry of Sarah Ashwood is as rewarding to read, as it must have been to write. We get a sense of joy from the writer, which fills the reader with hope and awe.” —Penny Freeland

“The poetry of Sarah Ashwood is as rewarding to read as it must have been to write. We get a sense of joy from the writer, which fills the reader with hope and awe.”

—Penny Freeland

Sarah’s first publication was a fantasy poem, Spawn of Darkness, appearing in the October 2007 edition of Art and Prose. Sadly, Art and Prose no longer lives, but it was an exciting first run for a budding poet.

A fun poetry collection involving Vikings, dragons, and Genghis Kahn was picked up by Flashing Swords Press in 2008. They appeared in consecutive summer issues. Take a look at the website and the issues (volumes 10 and 11) in which they appeared:

Spring 2008: Sarah submitted a poem written for a creative writing class to the editor of the Canadian publication, Outdoors Spectacular. He liked it, which led to a 5 piece poetry collection entitled .

Sarah first met Crystalwizard, aka Kelly Christiansen, while working for Flashing Swords Press—a relationship that would later evolve into A Minstrel’s Musings and Knight’s Rebirth (see Books). When Kelly started her new magazine, Abandoned Towers, she submitted a poem for the first issue. Find here.

Love’s Folly, a poem concerning the perils of loving a warrior, may now be seen at:

Moon Trick, a fairytale in rhyme, is now live at:

A humorous poem, Wild Ride , in Cyberwizard Productions’ “Silly Western” anthology.

Hope Deferred has been accepted, and will soon be appearing in Haruah: Breath of Heaven. Link:

Happily, Wings has been given a second run. Devozine, a Christian publication for teens and young people, has published Wings in their September/October 2009 issue. Visit their site, and find the issue, here:

Also in The Digital Dragon be sure to read Taming the Warlord , a humorous poem concerning an arrogant barbarian about to get his comeuppance… And you'll find Brave Imposter, epic fantasy in verse!

The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, inspired by Frederick William Burton's painting of the same title, may now be viewed at The Opinion Guy:

The Door, written for those with overly active imaginations, is now appearing in Golden Visions.

The Mistress's Response, a poetic response to Andrew Marvell's, To His Coy Mistress, may be seen (along with the original poem) on .

Tree Dancer, formerly titled Envy, was published in the debut print edition of an exciting new publication!