The Secret Beautiful - Literary / Horror Poetry Collection from Ximena Escobar

Discover The Secret Beautiful, a poignant poetry debut by Ximena Escobar exploring identity, grief, and love through vivid, emotionally resonant verse.

If your soul has ever cracked under the weight of beauty or loss, The Secret Beautiful will find you—and leave you glowing.

The Secret Beautiful is the luminous debut poetry collection from Ximena Escobar, published by The Ravens Quoth Press. With language both haunting and delicate, Escobar dives into the depths of human emotion, memory, and longing. Her verses traverse the turbulent seas of grief, love, motherhood, womanhood, and spiritual reckoning—all while maintaining a dreamlike, lyrical quality that is unmistakably her own.

Divided into a wide array of themed poems, Escobar paints a world where the body becomes landscape, sorrow becomes music, and beauty is inseparable from pain. Melding surreal imagery with grounded intimacy, she reflects on relationships, identity, trauma, and recovery—while always reaching toward healing and transcendence.

This collection is rich with metaphor, sea and sky motifs, and emotionally resonant lines that linger long after reading. Escobar’s voice is confident yet vulnerable, whimsical yet deeply human, crafting a deeply immersive experience for readers who enjoy introspective, feminist, and transformational poetry.

The Secret Beautiful is a literary journey for anyone who has ever tried to make sense of joy through sorrow, or who sees poetry as both mirror and balm.