ASH(LEY)
MICHELLE C. is a poet\a/rtist.
She’s a poetry slut rodeo queen …and her style—she got it at Ross and stock shows.
Giddy up, poetry slut.
Stay a little longer.
Did you come here because you like my writing? Do you want the behind the scenes of my poetic dicks? Did I excite you in a performance? Are you my hater? Do you want to know me better? Did we kiss? Did I never text back? Do you like breaking rules too? Are you a bad woman? Are you divorced? Are you a sober alcoholic like me?
LET ME KNOW: scumpoet@proton.me
Howdy! Few people make it to this corner of the net. I like it that way. My solitude online. My slightly muddied puddle of reflection.
This online presence is a virtual altar of my failures as poet, experiments as an artist, and triumphs as a bad woman. I do weird things with art, poetry, performance, and investigations…a lot of undocumented experimentation…I upload what I can.
I’m happy you are here. Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner.
BTW: All my art is for sale. However, most has gone to my project FREE ARTE GRATIS. Poetryart doesn’t pay the bills and I never want it to be my main moneymaker.
That’s why I gamble for a living.
upcoming events
Ongoing Performance: For every week my Stroking (My) Imaginary Dick poetry book doesn’t sell, I sculpt a dick with some sort of reference to failure stamped in it. Will I one day die atop a pile of wooden dicks? Stay tuned.
The Workshop or Somewhere Out in the Middle of Nowhere, Bandera, TX
Week and Wooden Penis Official Count: 1
come see me.
awww you missed me.
19/12/25. ALMOST PUBLIC / SEMI-EXPOSED 10. Stroking (My) Imaginary Dick, Artist Television Access Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA
30/11/25. SCRIBES ON SOUTH. Tattooed Mom‘s, Philly
28/10/25. TOILET PAPER TRASH POEMS SOLO SHOW. SFMOMA BATHROOMS. 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA
26/10/25. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Tripwire x Jerusalem Coffee House, 6:30 PM. 5443 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
15/8/25. Dust. Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX
8/25. TITLES 10. La Clínica, Oaxaca, OAX, MEX
31/7/25. Errr Books Presenta Liquen de Pamela Rivera Méndez. Dolores 54, Ciudad de México, MEX
11/7/25. Traigo poesía basura en el alma que no la mata el editor. La Clínica, Oaxaca, MEX
26/6/25. Palabras Aparte de Jonas Mekas. reading, EXIT La Librería, Ciudad de México, MEX
30/5/25. japi. Flower Shop Art Studio, Brownsville, TX
artsy
Self Pleasure Prayer + Stills. Kissing a Rock
Flower Shop Art Studio at Presa House Gallery: Only Dust Knows What’s Left Behind. Seyde Garcia, Glasstire
Chapter 5 Silences. Tripwire 22
Cielo de mis pensamientos. DISONARE
Un poema para mi vecino. DISONARE
A Maiden’s Name. DISONARE
The Other Woman. NYC Zine Club
Homecoming (film). The Poetic Lens
Saggy Masas. No Issue
PSA Panties. Currant Jam
Saggy Tits Reflection. Adult Groceries
Coca-Cola Trash Poems. TILT 0003
Shitty Times Toilet Paper. TILT 0003
I did it for M.E./Mother Earth. Bullshit Lit
Necklace Poetry. Tiny Spoon
wordsy
Divorce Slut. Womanwood 3
Trash Poetics Bin 1. Poetry Society of NY
Trash Poetics Bin 2. Poetry Society of NY
Unsexed but well-fed. Taco Bell Quarterly
Sin coger, mucho comer. Taco Bell Quarterly
It’s worth it, you worm. Don’t Submit
Mid afternoon and the sky goes dark. SWAMP
somewhere/nowhere. SWAMP
How to Kill a Country Girl’s Ego. Roi Fainéant
The Year of my Ankles. Sage Cigarettes
Michael’s Song. Bullshit Lit Anthology
publications / press
“In the main hallway, Genesis by Ash(ley) Michelle C. presents a defiant, feminized figure from the back, clad in pink underwear and heels, smoking a cigarette. Surrounded by phallic wooden pieces inscribed with poems, the mixed media work is a layered dialogue between vulnerability, assertion, and craft.”
Seyde Garcia, Glasstire
I’m in it for the poetics…
poetics of language in relation to space material …_—_._–. erase boundaries between poem material writer reader book …_—_._–. create sensual intimate moments of exchange …_—_._–. destroy the book .-.-.-
desire sex death time “womanhood” (the) lies behind so-called truths of a “good woman” destroy the good woman .-.-.-
poéticas del lenguaje en relación con el espacio material …—.–. borrar los límites entre poema, materia, escritora, lectora, libro …—.–. crear momentos íntimos y sensuales de intercambio …—._–. destruir el libro .-.-.-
deseo sexo muerte tiempo “femineidad” las mentiras detrás de las supuestas verdades de una “buena mujer” destruir a la buena mujer .-.-.-
Disonare at Exit La Librería, Mexico City / 26 de junio 2025
Video by Alex Tapia
There’s been so much good happening for me lately and I feel so grateful. Here are some pics of the things that have brought me joy to create, engage with, and be a part of.
