The Weeping Degree

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>BRONZE MEDAL WINNER IN POETRY--The Wishing Shelf Awards U.K. (2025)</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>DISTINGUISHED FAVOURITE (2nd prize) --The Independent Press Awards U.S. (2026) </em></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Weeping Degree </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a poetry collection readers call powerful and healing.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What if a wound could become a gift? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What if your moment of greatest despair sent you a healing journey that would change your life forever? </span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Weeping Degree</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a gritty collection of poetry and prose takes you on a survivor's journey from brokenness to wholeness darkness to light; from tears to triumph and finally laughter. This brutally honest poemoir by award-winning writer Kelly Watt tells the herstory</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> of a trauma as it echoes throughout the author's life slowly transforming through time from a wound to a gift. Along the way Watt turns to astrology Buddhism and the women's movement to make sense of her tragic experiences. Divided into three sections: </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Home for Little Girls</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Buddha and The Pink Futon</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hands Across the World</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> this narrative travels the globe starting in the silent shadows of foster care in a bleak Canadian suburb and emerging into the light and sound of Sanskrit chanting in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Winner of multiple awards-the Wishing Shelf Book Awards and the Independent Press Award--this is a thoughtful and moving collection that reads like a love letter for the silenced and despairing. It will take you on a wild ride to a place where poetry is an alchemical art; an exploration of the deepest self where your sorrows are transmuted through creativity to self-empowerment and joy. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Take the journey. Immerse yourself in poetry that touches your heart and feeds your soul and transmute your weeping to wonder and insight.   </span></p><p></p>