Poetry Review: Body Until Light
By Elizabeth Suggs
Body Until Light by K.M. Lighthouse is a poetry chapbook filled with raw emotion and beautiful imagery.
I can’t recommend Lighthouse’s poetry enough. Every poem had a purpose and gave me insight deeper into each story. I even found myself reading the poetry out loud, having my own slam poetry performance.
My favorite poem was “Body of Language.” It’s abstract with heightened images. I actually read it a few times because I enjoyed it so much. I also loved “What Happens When You Stop Mistaking Shared Loneliness for Love.” There’s a sense of shared depth within the poem—I couldn’t pull away.
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
And when you are a body of water attempting to explain the ineffable —how you perceive color… - “Body of Language”
You brave kissing her breasts where they peek over tank top exposed and so close. - “What Happens When You Stop Mistaking Shared Loneliness for Love”
You’ve been impersonating yourself long enough to remember. - “Time to Turn Chameleon”
And when the whole world explodes, you explode with it like the center of a supernova star. - “What appears to be Death”
If you’re going to read any poetry, then I suggest something from K.M. Lighthouse!
Elizabeth Suggs is the owner and founder of Editing Mee and co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. When she’s not writing or editing, she loves to dive deep into books (the weirder, the better!), and she loves to take random long walks to unplanned destinations. Check out her recently released book Collective Darkness with eleven other authors. Buy your copy here: www.CollectiveDarkness.com