wow wow wow. what a breath taking collection of poetry. I never wanted to put it down and was hoping for more when I reached the end. She touches upon love, longing, intimacy, and mental illness. I loved the way she so openly speaks of her struggles of being bipolar without romanticizing it like so many do. She isn't looking for love to be a cure or saying someone else can make her 'better' like so many people do, but she writes of looking for someone to love her as is. Her poem of what things you should and shouldn't say to someone with mental illness was so powerful. This book is a must have for sure.

I loved The Chaos of Loving so I thought I would love this one too. The drawings are beautiful and breathtaking but i didn’t feel it as much as the first one.

I couldn't connect with the book Submerge. There were trigger warnings against sexual trauma, self harm, racism, and violence, mental illness. And the book is divided into immerse, drown and emerge.

I like only one or two poems. Most of the poems covered the same topic of lust and sexual intercourse. It was quite restricted to only one aspect, which I get might lead to other aspects of life but got monotonous after 75 pages and then the book was just a drag to read and finish.

There was no emphasis on self empowerment, there were only metaphorical descriptions of sexual intercourse. There were rarely any poems about racism or violence. Most of it was yearning and blaming.

I couldn't click with these poems, if the author dwelves into other aspects in their next book, I'd like to read it and perhaps find them interesting.

Trigger warnings for this book: mental illness, sexual trauma, self-harm, racism, and violence.

This poetry collection didn't work for me and I'm quite sad about it. I was so happy to have the chance to read something by K.Y. Robinson because she's an author that's been on my radar for a while now. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed by this poetry collection. Nothing really resonated with me and at times the continuous metaphors with water were just heavy and I felt the need for something different. My favourite section is probably the last one, "Emerge", which shows a journey toward healing through self-care and gratitude.

Three sections guide this verse-based exploration. I loved K.Y. Robinson's use of language -- whether featuring two lines or a full page entry, these poems are lovely.