A Body Made of Weather: Collected Poems

by Ashley Logan

In A Body Made of Weather, Ashley Logan gathers a decade of poetry into a fierce, unflinching exploration of what it means to live inside a body that remembers everything.

Moving through landscapes of trauma, longing, desire, and renewal, these poems grapple with the quiet violences we carry and the radical act of survival that follows. The voice here is both witness and participant—tender and savage, fractured and whole—tracing a path from silence toward articulation, from dispossession toward reclamation.

Nature hums beneath every line: forests burn and regrow, tides recede to reveal what has been hidden, bodies learn to speak in the languages of weather, bone, and breath. Through it all, Ashley asks: What does it mean to belong to yourself?

At once deeply personal and strikingly universal, A Body Made of Weather is a collection about becoming—about learning to listen inward, to hold grief without surrendering to it, and to live, finally, without asking permission.

243 pages, Paperback

Published July 29, 2026

Reviews

[TL *Humaning the Best She Can* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Won via goodreads giveaways, all my opinions are my own
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This whole collection gave me the same connection I had with Whitney hanson's poems.. it's hard to explain the tug I had towards this and extremely early on I just knew... ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

A few poems I didn't care for.. not because they were bad, just not my taste personally (mostly cause I'm aromantic asexual) so 🤷 they may be more your jam 👍🏼.

It's something when you just fall in love with someone's writing and you are sad when the book is done and also happy you can experience it again.

Physical copy will definitely be a must and borrowed her other on Kindle Unlimited:) .Will probably save that for during my surgery recovery for my one issue.

[Brandon Heitkamp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this collection. I enjoyed the breakout into four sections of life experiences. Ashley has a strong creative voice, and uses nature themes to perfection. I think people from all walks of life will find relatable content

Themes include, trauma, growth, and desire

Truly beautiful from cover to cover

[Smith Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading A Body Made of Weather, and it’s a collection that stayed on my mind even after I finished it.
There’s something very honest and vulnerable about Ashley Logan’s writing that made the poems feel incredibly personal.
I connected with the themes of grief, healing, longing, and learning to find your way back to yourself.
I also loved the way nature and weather are used throughout the poems to express emotions that can sometimes be difficult to put into words.
Some poems felt gentle and reflective, while others carried a much stronger emotional impact.
I found myself going back to certain lines because they made me stop and think about my own experiences.
What I appreciated most was how human and unfiltered the collection felt.
For me, this was a beautiful and memorable poetry collection, and definitely a five-star read.

[Nelson Flora · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Body Made of Weather is an emotionally resonant poetry collection that explores memory, identity, grief, longing, renewal, and the journey toward reclaiming oneself. Ashley Logan’s central imagery of the body as something that remembers everything gives the collection a striking sense of depth and continuity.
I especially appreciate how nature becomes intertwined with the emotional landscape—forests, tides, weather, bone, and breath all contribute to the book’s atmosphere. The movement from silence toward self-expression and from disconnection toward belonging gives the collection a compelling sense of transformation.