Excoriation

Excoriation is an honest thought-provoking exploration via poetry into motherhood relationships heartache love and the cosmos. Rebecca Smolen shares her experiences in a way thats meant to dig a little deeper delving into each wound until nothing but truth remains. Through evocative metaphor and verse Smolen challenges her readers to let these poems get under their skin even if it hurts a little for this is where healing begins. In this intricate dance with words Rebecca leaves us wrapped in possibilities of what love looks like in self and the love tango with others. -Nastashia Minto Poet/Author of NakedRebecca Smolens Excoriation is part declaration and part dream of a travel in the honesties of existence. -John Miller founder of Portland Ars PoeticaIn rich language and provocative shapes her poems are generous acts each a form of healing to fall first / to shine... to know how to rain their purpose to ease anothers pain. Read these brave poems to understand that the world is merely attempting to find its own way back through the mystery and science of this writers voice. -Kate Gray author of Carry the Sky