Elsewhere, We Became by Ari Augustine is an original collection of poetry that explores the intricacies of identity, loss, and how we humans define "home".
Augustine weaves prose, poetry, and short stories examining childhood loses, definitions of love, evolving identities, and the strange messiness of life through the kaleidoscope lens of a former foster child.
Ari Augustine is an author of adult science fiction and fantasy stories, an independent book editor, and the published poet of ELSEWHERE WE BECAME and HALF LIGHT.
Her current projects include GODFLOWER [an adult contemporary fantasy steeped in Japanese lore] and THE EVERLIGHT PROTOCOL [a serialized space fantasy in the vein of intergalactic Attack On Titan with Witcher vibes].
When not writing, she enjoys video gaming, crime documentaries, learning Japanese/Mandarin, traveling the world, and conspiring with the neighborhood stray cats. She lives in the wilds of Eastern Tennessee with her husband and their two mischief-making kitties, Mori-kun and Little Fury.
A fantastic collection of poetry that takes you on a journey through versions emotions. It is what I seek when I read poetry, ticks my boxes for giving me a rang of thoughts, emotions and something very enjoyable to read. 10/10 would recommend this to fellow lovers of the poetry, as well as fellow writers of poetry.
A great relaxing book to just unwind too. Ornery is one of my favorite poems in the book. You can tell the author took a lot of this from her own experience. Its a refreshing read.