Floraison Sombre: Poems

Sometimes we must grow in shadow...

A poignant vision of hope in troubled times and love in a home divided, Ashcraft takes the essence of what it means to fight for one's humanity and puts it in prose.
Subtle, yet entirely relatable, forceful, yet ultimately kind, pieces like Nowhere Garden and A Very Little While speak to the power of realizing we are mortal.
With complete clarity of mind, a poem like I Am The Monster Killer tells of the heart's violence.
And with great care, great simplicity How Will You Dance asks the most simple, yet profound question possible.

In Floraison Sombre Ashcraft has captured what it means to be alive in strange times... but just as surely what it means to be alive in ANY times. His compassion and vision know no limits, no restriction. He finds beauty in the beautiful... he finds beauty in the ugly and terrifying... and he shares it with a straightforward, intimate song that compels even as it stuns.