Soak

by Kerri Cull

This collection focuses on physical experience and contemplates the beauty of everyday life – the objects, the stories, and the people that drift in and out. It finds the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Genres: Poetry

84 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2012

Reviews

[Kirsten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remembering is a powerful action--for a body with all its five senses, for a mind with all its versions of truth and embellishment... its earnest attempts at keeping past and future tenses chronological. Friendships in particular become what we remember: a conversation here; an image there; a reassuring grip.

And so, page by page, this book of poetry also becomes.

Inside this memory-volume, a reader cannot help but sit and listen--nodding "yes," and "yes," in empathy, support, and the most enthusiastic agreement--that poetry is and will always remain powerful.

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[Loni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kerri Cull seems like she'd be an interesting person to know in real life. I'm not thinking this just from the poems in Soak, but also from the "Discussion Questions" and the "Recommended Soundtrack" found at the end of the collection. One day I can see myself rereading the poems with the questions in mind and some Tragically Hip playing in the background...

[Julie Aquilina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A powerful collection of poems - many images that resonate. Thanks for reminding me that I need to make time for poetry in my life more often.

[Gerard Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accessible yet complex poetry that packs both an emotional and intellectual wallop. I savoured every poem, several times.

[BeckyisBookish · Rating 3 out of 5]

The poetry was not bad overall. A little too verbose at times and some of the poems took themselves way too seriously. However, the poem entitled Opening was great. I enjoyed that one very much.