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Periscope Heart by Kai Coggin

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5.0

I absolutely loved these poems. I needed to read many of them. My favorite were the poems about nature, especially "How A Tree Becomes A Wildflower", because I've been on a Waldenesque nature kick lately. The poems I needed to read the most, however, were the poems about love. They made me uncomfortable at times because of their sheer intimacy. I felt like I was peeking in through a window on some of the speeker's most vulnerable and intimate moments, and it made me feel a bit indecent. Somehow, Kai Coggin manages to take words and breathe life and love and all that comes with those them into the pages of a book. I've been on a journey of identity for the past couple of years and seeing the soul of the speaker of these poems so vividly help me see deeper into my own soul.
This is not a book to read in one day. Take these poems. Sit with them. Speak to them. Let them speak to you.
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