Out of the many books of poetry that I own, no book is more thought-provoking like 'Soft Girl.' This book holds poems that I have held dear to me since I was a young teenager reading them for the first time.
'Soft Girl' by Karys P.K is a book of poetry that chronicles people that she has run into throughout her life.
What is enticing about this collection is that Karys manages to take what she is feeling and leave it out on the page. Each page of this collection leaves an astonishing amount of emotion with each flip of the page.
This book is for the girls who have loved, been loved by others and have been broken-hearted. Even though some of Karys's poems are autobiographical telling the experiences of what has happened before; everyone can fit remember something of their own life while reading.
Reading these poems, ones that I have read before on Karys's blog and in this book, have brought back, so many memories of the past loves that I have had before.
One thing that I've noticed and that I've loved about Karys's poetry is that she doesn't hide. A lot of poets take what they've gone through and hidden them in metaphor and creative license. However, a lot of Karys's poems are bluntly honest and brutal, and you can tell that she holds honesty above all else in her poetry.
The book is perfectly tied off with the artwork of Madison Powers. In most 'modern' poetry books one must be careful to make sure that the art doesn't overshadow the poetry; also, the artwork in poetry books most correlate with the content, or else it loses all meaning. The two have found an understanding in putting this collection together. In the shorter poems of the collection, Powers's art adds more understanding to the meaning behind the poetry.
Most academics have shown their distaste for shorter poems in more extensive collections. This argument shows in large poetry collection books that have more shorter poems than longer more-detailed poems. But Karys has found that happy balance that fills your heart up to brim the more you read.
I recommend this book for girls of all ages, the 13-year-old girls who haven't felt that overwhelming feeling of love to the 19-year-old girl who has fallen in love more than once and is trying to make sense of everything. This is a book that you will read more and more as the years go on. It is a perfect collection to pick up for the holidays.
