Welcome To Our Poetry Sanctuary.
Our Journey to Creating The Safe Place, a Haven for Poetry Lovers. Where Every Poem Finds Its Home, and Every Reader Finds Their Voice
Our Story
How The Safe Place Began
The Safe Safe Place was born from a deep desire for longing and connection.
In Early 2022, it began as a small corner of the internet, originally a personal blog where i shared my poems.
At the time, I felt alone in ways I couldn't name, searching for someone who understood the growing aches that seemed to haunt me.
The Journey
Out of that loneliness, The Safe Safe Place was born.
I dreamed of a place where I could share life honestly.
Not only the highs, but also the lows we all experience yet feel too ashamed to speak about.
A space where vulnerability is welcome and no one has to walk through their darkness alone.
The Safe Safe Place exists for the quiet lows we carry in secret.
The ones that deserve gentle light.
The Vision
My hope for the Safe Safe Place is that it grows into a global movement.
A community of people who walk alongside each other as we grow, learn to love ourselves and navigate life without a manual.
The Promise
Today it exists online, through this book, and the blogs.
In the future, I envision physical spaces too. Sanctuaries of peace and belonging
Places where we can emote through art.
Poems, music, painting, reading, crafts and so much more.
Places held by real support, mental health professionals, humans living together, real care.
Temporary homes we can retreat to while we journey toward our eternal home: ourselves.
Our Compass
What We Stand For
Our Mission
To curate and share poetry that serves as a sanctuary for the mind and soul, offering a moment of peace, reflection, and profound connection in a busy world.
Our Vision
To build a global community where every poetry lover feels seen, understood, and united, transcending borders through the shared experience of verse.
Our Values
Every book is chosen with intention. Community: We are a gathering of kindred spirits. Empathy: We believe poetry fosters understanding and compassion.
The Team Behind The Safe Place
Behind every carefully selected collection is a team of motivated people who believe in the power of poetry to change lives.
Meet Marie Huguette Uwizeye
This collection has been created from so much vulnerability, so much honesty and so much passion.
As my dear friends, Yvette and Zuhla can probably attest, writing has been our saving grace.
It is probably how I process best everything that happens to me.
It is how I express myself the best.
These poems have come from my lived experiences, penned down to paper, either to process the said experiences or to keep best all my feelings navigating this life.
I hope as you read, it touches you, I hope as you read, it comforts you.
I hope you find a piece of yourself in these pages and I hope as it was the case for me writing these, it makes you feel less lonely in your human experience reading them.
Thank you for supporting us.
M.H
Zuhla Bagirinka
I have a lot to say but I’ll limit myself and give you time to dive deep into the collection.
So, creating this poetry collection feels like a lifelong dream finally unfolding.
I’ve always loved being surrounded by books. Their presence has shaped and comforted me for as long as I can remember.
Now, to hold one with my name on it feels magical and even more so to share it with two amazing women, Huguette and Agape. Together, we bring our voices, our hearts, and our stories into one shared space.
Over the years, I’ve written so many pieces, some kept close, others scattered and forgotten.
Gathering some of them now and giving them the care they deserve feels like a way of honoring my soul.
I’m so grateful to be sharing this part of myself with you.
I’m sending joy, warmth, and gentle clarity as you read my words.
B.Z
Yvette Agape
I fell in love with poetry at 15 , but I never imagined I would one day share something of my own.
From scribbling into notebooks to typing it down, I finally learned to translate feelings into words.
This collection is a quiet journey of becoming.
My deepest pride comes not just from the words on these pages, but from the collective spirit that birthed them.
If you find a piece of yourself in these pages , I hope you hold it gently.
You are not alone.
Y.A