I Am Here
Ashley Obscura60 pages
Cover design: Anjela Freyja
ISBN 9780993617423
Spring 2014
A miracle is a shift in perception.
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 a lust for magic and an infectious, introspective curiosity.
Press
PAPERMAG – “Your mystical aura reading on the go.”
DAZED – “Opheim writes from a distant first-person POV that floats close to personal experience before reflecting on the ‘tragedy’ that is ‘visa.com.’”
Arbitrary News and Review – “A chaotic force of nature.”
Beach Sloth – “The collection moves from real to surreal all while maintaining a strong empathetic core.”
Playground Mag – “Like reading the confessions of a good friend.”
Weird Canada – “A bible for domestic bliss.”
Interviews
Fanzine – Space in Love with Space: An Interview with Ashley Obscura
Excerpts
Illuminati Girl Gang – Aura Pixels
ÖMËGÄ – I Am Here
ÖMËGÄ – I Belong in My Body
Voicemail Poems – Cinnamon Oil (Audio)
Anthologies
Anthologie de la poésie contemporaine des femmes au Quebec (2000-2020)
Éditions du remue-ménage, 2021 – French translation of ‘Opus Seed Iris Omega’
Translations
Todos los ruiditos the Little Noises: Alt Lit Poetry Anthology
Pesopluma (Peru), 2018 – Spanish translation
Mil novecientos violeta (Series Poéticas)
Editorial El Gaviero (Spain), 2015 – Spanish translation