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The Telling Pages

An ongoing virtual interactive poetry installation exploring lived experiences, memory, and transformation. Read Kelly's work, share your own voice, and become part of the evolving project.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:  Trigger warning--some difficult issues are discussed. Avoid triggering or endangering yourself or others, by not disclosing traumatic  names, dates, identifiable locations or details. This page is focussed on the act of telling, or the secondary trauma as a result of reaching out, in the hopes that it might help and inform others about constructive ways to respond. No name calling, abuse, criticism, hostile or aggressive behaviour will be tolerated. The author takes no responsibility for any adverse effects this process might incur. Participants must be 18 years of age. Engage at your own risk and remember to take good care of yourself. 

All rights reserved. © Kelly Watt 2026

The Weeping Deegree

The book behind the movement.

Kelly reads her poem Say Goodbye to Your Old Life as part of her interactive poetry installation The Telling Pages. To participate click here

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

In the poem, Say Goodbye to Your Old Life, from the award-winning collection, The Weeping Degree, author and poet, Kelly Watt, explores the experience of disclosing incidences of childhood sexual violence for the first time to family and friends.  Watt has created an interactive poetry installation titled, The Telling Pages, dedicated to the disclosure process in honour of #hamiltonartsweek2026. Often "telling" creates a secondary trauma when the victim doesn’t get the response they hoped for. This page provides a safe place to share, not the incidents themselves, but the experience of sharing about those incidents. After listening to the abridged poem, participants are invited to share their experience of telling. Five questions are included at the end of the video to guide the reader's response. Participants can respond to one or five of these questions either by filling out the website survey form, or through email. By responding you agree to have  your responses used in the installation, but on a first name basis or initials only.

UNICEF states that over 90-million children alive today have experienced sexual violence. Girls tend to be even more vulnerable. With the prevalence of rape and sexual assault affecting 1 in 4 girls. This is not just a local issue but a global issue. 

Note from the author: I wish you all the best on your healing journey.

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