My first full length book entitled A Godless Ascends published by Lithic Press is now available. Tremendous thanks to editors Danny Rosen and Kyle Harvey for the impeccable design and quality printing. The book is divided into four sections with beautiful artwork by Nancy Smith, including the cover art. A Godless Ascends was officially released to celebrate the vernal equinox on March 19, 2024.

How to order A Godless Ascends

• Direct from Lithic Press (free shipping);
• or if you’d like a signed copy with a bookmark, contact me here.

A GODLESS ASCENDS is the powerful new collection of poems by Trish Hopkinson. In this intensely personal collection, the poet’s close attention to language propels the narrative and brings its scenes to life: I see her mother writing essays in college; I see the poet telling her daughter, do not mistake urgency for love; I see her watching over her injured son in his hospital bed. These poems produce an aura of the mystical nature of making a family and keeping it together while remaining true to the poet’s creative life.

“Like the screech owl, Trish Hopkinson’s work hardens itself in order to keep its insides soft. There’s a Plathian urgency to these poems, reminding us that memory has taste buds, ancestry is complicated and life, like poetry, is grounded in physicality.” –Wendy Videlock, author of Wise to the West

Reviews

• Review of A Godless Ascends by Dayna Patterson in Mom Egg Review
• Review of A Godless Ascends by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers via Tinderbox Poetry Journal

Sample poems

• Nocturne to Uterus – The Gravity of the Thing
• Uprooted – Cultural Daily, finalist for the 2021 Jack Grape Poetry Prize
• Dragonfly Daughter – Literary Mama (+Pushcart prize nomination)
• Resurrection Party – Voicemail Poems

If you’re interested in attending a reading, I’ll be featuring at several events in Colorado, Utah, and virtually. For information on upcoming events, see my Reading & Events page. I’ll update it as more events are scheduled.