A miracle is a shift in perception.

I Am Here navigates the vast, inner realms of a girl who is simultaneously broke and falling in love. Using both stream-of-consciousness and the confessional mode, I Am Here attempts to merge the richness of inner worlds with the poverty of the external. From auras to iPhones, what emerges in this unique collection of poetry is a perspective that is bursting with introspective curiosity.

Ashley Opheim is a poet, editor, publisher and performer based in Montreal, Quebec. She is the founder and managing editor of Metatron Press.

60 pages

Perfect-bound

Second edition, first printing

Cover design | Anjela Freyja

ISBN | 978-0-9936174-2-3

Press

ANTHOLOGIZED | Pesopluma | All the Little Noises: Alt Lit Poetry Anthology (Peru - Spanish translation)

ANTHOLOGIZED | Editorial El Gaviero | Series Poéticas #1: Mil novecientos violeta (Spain - Spanish translation)

REVIEW | PAPERMAG | “Your mystical aura reading on the go.”

INTERVIEW | Fanzine | Space in Love with Space: An Interview with Ashley Obscura

REVIEW | Dazed | “Opheim writes from a distant first-person POV that floats close to personal experience before reflecting on the ‘tragedy’ that is ‘visa.com.’”

EXCERPT | Voicemail Poems | Cinnamon Oil (Audio)

REVIEW | Arbitrary News and Review | “A chaotic force of nature.”

REVIEW | Beach Sloth | “The collection moves from real to surreal all while maintaining a strong empathetic core.”

REVIEW | Playground Mag | “Like reading the confessions of a good friend.”

REVIEW | Weird Canada | “A bible for domestic bliss."

EXCERPT | Metatron | I Am Here

EXCERPT | Illuminati Girl Gang | Aura Pixels

EXCERPT | Metatron | I Belong in My Body

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