| Author: | margot nothing | ISBN: | 9780999572610 |
| Publisher: | margot nothing | Publication: | December 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | margot nothing | Language: | English |
| Author: | margot nothing |
| ISBN: | 9780999572610 |
| Publisher: | margot nothing |
| Publication: | December 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | margot nothing |
| Language: | English |
- 1st Place Winner, Poetry Category: 2018 IndieReader Discovery Awards -
An unimportant figure, in the big scheme of things,
writes this to you from beyond the grave.
It says, “I wasn’t very important, in the big scheme of things.
You don’t know my name, or face.
You’ve never heard of me, I’m just another soul lost to history
But I loved someone very much,
And that’s all that matters.”
- from “Perpetual Autumn,” pg. 40
Out of Something Ugly is an award-winning book of poetry documenting the ramifications of child abuse and neglect on a person’s psyche, along with the mind's inspiring, tireless ability to endure and survive. The content in this collection was written over a ten-year span, starting from the creator’s adolescence and continuing into her mid-twenties. The cornerstones of this work include struggling with self-loathing and loneliness, processing the conflicting and overwhelming emotions felt toward the original abuser, and pushing ever onward to try to find a way out of the dark. Out of Something Ugly’s mission is to draw beauty and meaning from ugly experiences so as to transform them and turn them into instruments for healing.
The hope is that this book will serve as a catalyst for those who are ready to begin to feel and process their pain, as a companion for those who are already undergoing the process, as enlightening for those who have not had these experiences and wish to understand, and as a moss-covered monument for reflection by those who have already completed their journey of healing, and closed their personal book of trauma shut.
Please be warned: This book has the potential to be triggering, or at least upsetting.
- 1st Place Winner, Poetry Category: 2018 IndieReader Discovery Awards -
An unimportant figure, in the big scheme of things,
writes this to you from beyond the grave.
It says, “I wasn’t very important, in the big scheme of things.
You don’t know my name, or face.
You’ve never heard of me, I’m just another soul lost to history
But I loved someone very much,
And that’s all that matters.”
- from “Perpetual Autumn,” pg. 40
Out of Something Ugly is an award-winning book of poetry documenting the ramifications of child abuse and neglect on a person’s psyche, along with the mind's inspiring, tireless ability to endure and survive. The content in this collection was written over a ten-year span, starting from the creator’s adolescence and continuing into her mid-twenties. The cornerstones of this work include struggling with self-loathing and loneliness, processing the conflicting and overwhelming emotions felt toward the original abuser, and pushing ever onward to try to find a way out of the dark. Out of Something Ugly’s mission is to draw beauty and meaning from ugly experiences so as to transform them and turn them into instruments for healing.
The hope is that this book will serve as a catalyst for those who are ready to begin to feel and process their pain, as a companion for those who are already undergoing the process, as enlightening for those who have not had these experiences and wish to understand, and as a moss-covered monument for reflection by those who have already completed their journey of healing, and closed their personal book of trauma shut.
Please be warned: This book has the potential to be triggering, or at least upsetting.
