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Kelly Watt

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Kelly Watt's poetry, fiction and non-fiction have won awards and been published internationally. Her first collection of poetry, The Weeping Degree was published by Wild Rising Press August (2024) and was a Finalist in the TWSA Awards, U.K. as well as longlisted for the Hamilton Literary Art Award (2025). She has published two other books: the gothic novel Mad Dog, Doubleday Canada, (2001); and the mini travel companion, Camino Meditations: 30 Mindful Walking Meditations to Conquer Addiction and Cultivate Joy, HSE (2014). She has lived in 5 countries but now makes her home outside Hamilton with her husband, and a shy sheepiedoodle. ...more

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	Mad Dog 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weeping Degree: How Astrology Saved Me From Suicide by Kelly Watt (Goodreads Author), Judyth Hill (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camino Meditations it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Things in Nature Merely Grow

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“You were born with Pluto the planet of pain and transformation in the weeping degree, the astrologer said.
I had gone to him to consult the constellations,
with epaulettes of hematite and dread,
subway trains rumbling through my hair....”
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