The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

In a world that silenced her voice, Sammi Yamashiro's own thoughts provided her the solace that she needed.


Written during the years of 2017-2020, the collection covers enduring and internalizing abuse, which subsequently resulted in her depression, anxiety, depersonalization, life-ending thoughts, hospitalization, and other deeply personal happenings. Her poems also cover identity issues with her race and religion/spirituality. Compared to the likes of Walt Whitman and Sylvia Plath, Yamashiro's writing emanates the artistry and transparency reminiscent of surrealism and confessional poetry, respectively.


Even with the heavy subjects she often writes on, a sizeable portion of these works are empowering and optimistic. Within every abuse/ trauma survivor is the core that fights back: the vigor which knows the strength that has never left. This collection shows both the struggle against life's tribulations and the acknowledgement of a survivor's power. Yamashiro's poetry is her peach-pit gas mask, giving her the vitality to navigate through life's mustard gas-filled battlefield of opposition and obstacles.

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The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

In a world that silenced her voice, Sammi Yamashiro's own thoughts provided her the solace that she needed.


Written during the years of 2017-2020, the collection covers enduring and internalizing abuse, which subsequently resulted in her depression, anxiety, depersonalization, life-ending thoughts, hospitalization, and other deeply personal happenings. Her poems also cover identity issues with her race and religion/spirituality. Compared to the likes of Walt Whitman and Sylvia Plath, Yamashiro's writing emanates the artistry and transparency reminiscent of surrealism and confessional poetry, respectively.


Even with the heavy subjects she often writes on, a sizeable portion of these works are empowering and optimistic. Within every abuse/ trauma survivor is the core that fights back: the vigor which knows the strength that has never left. This collection shows both the struggle against life's tribulations and the acknowledgement of a survivor's power. Yamashiro's poetry is her peach-pit gas mask, giving her the vitality to navigate through life's mustard gas-filled battlefield of opposition and obstacles.

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The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

by Sammi Yamashiro
The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

The Peach Pit Mask: A Poetry Collection

by Sammi Yamashiro

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Overview

In a world that silenced her voice, Sammi Yamashiro's own thoughts provided her the solace that she needed.


Written during the years of 2017-2020, the collection covers enduring and internalizing abuse, which subsequently resulted in her depression, anxiety, depersonalization, life-ending thoughts, hospitalization, and other deeply personal happenings. Her poems also cover identity issues with her race and religion/spirituality. Compared to the likes of Walt Whitman and Sylvia Plath, Yamashiro's writing emanates the artistry and transparency reminiscent of surrealism and confessional poetry, respectively.


Even with the heavy subjects she often writes on, a sizeable portion of these works are empowering and optimistic. Within every abuse/ trauma survivor is the core that fights back: the vigor which knows the strength that has never left. This collection shows both the struggle against life's tribulations and the acknowledgement of a survivor's power. Yamashiro's poetry is her peach-pit gas mask, giving her the vitality to navigate through life's mustard gas-filled battlefield of opposition and obstacles.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781736850220
Publisher: Sammi Yamashiro
Publication date: 06/14/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 212
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 15 Years

Table of Contents

Part One (2017 / ages 15 &16): Searching For & Reclaiming My Voice | pg. 1

My father and this dreadful world tried their best to mute me...


Part Two (2018 / ages 16 &17): Numbness All Throughout... Yet, I Had Found God | pg. 37

I return to my mother, but she wants little to do with me...


Part Three (2019 / ages 17&18): My First Love: My Salve & My Secondmost Significant Abandoner | pg. 81

I thought God gifted me my brightest blessing...


Part Four (2020 / ages 18 &19): The American Dream Isn't What It Seems | pg. 105

I move halfway across the world to introduce myself to the other side of my identity, that of my American side. Perhaps she will take me in?


Afterword | pg. 203


About Sammi Yamashiro | pg. 206

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