Submerge | Review

Title: Submerge
Author: K.Y. Robinson
Pages: 162 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Synopsis

From the author of The Chaos of Longing comes a powerful second collection in which Robinson uses the metaphor of water to tell a story about achieving wholeness through letting go.

Organized in three sections, Submerge explores immersion in and release from trauma, mental illness, and loss. Part one, “Immerse,” reflects on birth and beginnings while exploring themes of love, self-discovery, and cultural history. Part two, “Drown,” examines mental illness, trauma, and loss. Part three, “Emerge,” takes lessons from water and begins a journey toward healing through self-care and gratitude. Throughout the collection, Robinson’s disarming candor, vivid imagery, and supportive message inspire and empower.


Review 

This book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley!

but when your eyes meet
theirs for the first time,
you become an ocean. 

Submerge is a poetry collection about love, friendship, trauma, mental illness, loss, self-harm, racism and violence, and is K.Y. Robinson’s second poetry collection. This collection is divided into three parts: immerse, drown and emerge.

i’ve found new universes in the unfolding nebulas of your eyes.
you are the first one my heart cracked open for.

Submerge is the second book I’ve read by K.Y. Robinson and I was really excited to read this collection. I really loved her first poetry collection, The Chaos of Longing, so I had some high expectations.

your name pooled inside me
and i swallowed every wave
to drown my love for you 

I really liked the illustrations used in this collection. It gave it something extra. As for the poems, a lot of them were really beautiful and relatable. I kept on adding and adding more titles to my 'favourite poems' list. I didn’t expect anything else since I loved K.Y. Robinson’s first poetry collection!

when you kissed me it felt like
you were searching for someone
who didn’t exist and i let you because
i wanted to be anyone else but myself.

I’m really looking forward to K.Y. Robinson’s next poetry collection! She’s such an amazing author and all over her poems are so beautiful and or emotional. I highly recommend Submerge!

Favourite poems:
  • secrets
  • at first sight
  • the first kiss
  • first love
  • transcend
  • swept away
  • fleeting
  • a flowering friendship
  • and it was so good
  • homegirls
  • submerge
  • waves of longing
  • soluble
  • when they leave
  • the sailor and the siren
  • drowning in love
  • withered
  • the last time
  • misplaced kisses
  • gary
  • i have a girlfriend
  • reputation
  • on losing my father
  • how are you?
  • no one understands
  • why i write
  • fight
  • the cycle
  • what not to say to someone with mental illness
  • blossom