Thank you, NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Where do I begin with this collection. I was mesmerized by each poem and it really made me reflect on what the message was. It seems like the poems were out of order, but in a way, they were in order.

This collection talks a lot about major topics (relationships, death, reflections, space, etc) and it does it in such a beautiful way. I want to say the last 2 collections were my favorite. They really made me think about the words and the message and how beautiful poetry can really be.

I really enjoyed this collection and highly recommend it if you like poetry. It does have a little bit of horror to some poems and it drags you in. You won’t regret these poems though!

This just felt very disjointed to me. Individually the poems were good, but I wasn't captivated by the writing.

While reading this collection I found myself utterly entranced. Its poems are incredibly effective, using style and aesthetics consistently without becoming repetitive or trite. I kept thinking I had found the best poem in the collection only to turn the page and find one even more compelling than the last.

This is my favourite type of poetry collection. Intimate, haunting and visceral. These poems will draw you in and keep you captivated.

I highly recommend this collection to fans of Richard Siken's 'Crush', Dakota Warren's 'On Sun Swallowing' and Olivia Gatwood's 'Life of the Party'.

This was unlike any other collection of poems I've ever read. I'm not even sure I have enough accurate words to describe. These poems were hauntingly beautiful, heart-breaking, and eerie. But so beautiful - the ability of each poem to pull the smallest of life's details out and turn it into something you can't help but look for or recognize in your own life afterwards - that ability was stunning. This book was a flashlight on the things that your eyes normally wash over in life, because life is too bust and chaotic to notice everything all at once. Very beautiful work - I recommend reading this, even if just to connect to emotions and thoughts and feelings that you normally don't come across or actively avoid, or struggle to recognize. Really beautiful work.

Escaping the Body is a surreal and profound journey through space, forests, monsters, myths, spells, magic tricks, forests, and the body. Escaping the Body is a collection of dreams of the flesh, exploring the cosmic rifts between the soul and the body, encouraging readers to escape their bodies in search of the liminal space beyond skin and bones.

This poetry collection was beautifully written and it deals with everyday subjects. Some subjects are triggering but it's still worth reading and thinking about. This is one of my first poetry books to read and I took my time reading this. Poetry is out of my comfort zones and this wasn't a disappointment.

I love that it kind of gives me horror vibes but it's still enjoyable and relaxed to read. I would definitely recommend this to everybody.

Thanks, NetGalley and Interstellar Flight Press for the advance copy.

The author reminded me why I love poetry. How incredible it is that even a paragraph can paint an entire universe in one's mind if worded correctly.

Some poems made me feel seen, some made me feel horrified, some left me melancholy. The important thing is that I truly *felt* while reading through this.

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley, thank you!

This poetry collection is something else, it has the most beautifully crafted quotes and I found myself lost in between the words.
The author discussed topics like love, lust and loss in an eerie and always longing kind of way and I totally ate that up. This is such an amazing collection you should definitely read at least once in your life.

Thank you to NetGalley and Interstellar Flight Press for providing me with an ARC of the book in exchange for an honest review.

I wrote my review for CatStone Books, published on February 26th, 2022. Please check the link for the full review.

I really enjoyed this poetry collection. I found the poems hauntingly beautiful, and I think the horror basis worked surprisingly well!

I enjoyed this book. At first i was really more into it because alot of the writing was more horror related and i honestly was hoping the book was going to have that for most of the book because i was really really into that concept so as i kept reading it got less horror which is okay but i was a little disappointed in that aspect overall the writing was good and i felt like i was reading little mini stories and i really liked that alot.

I don’t often read poetry and I find some poetry difficult to understand what they’re trying to say but I found this collection to be quite accessible to the average reader while still being well written. I liked the themes throughout, ‘Duolingo’ and ‘Grow Your Own Little Forest’ stood out to me the most. I did find some of them to be a bit repetitive and to flow into one another in a way that made some of them difficult to distinguish from the other. Though I wouldn’t say it was that bad of an issue or took away from it very much. Overall, I thought this was a good collection that I would recommend especially to those trying to get into poetry.

<i>I said that poets have found death in a handful of dust or seen hell collapse behind them step by step. They do not tell me of heaven because there is no space for it.</i>

i am absolutely enamored by horror poetry, and wanted to get a copy of this the moment i found out of its existence. this collection did not disappoint. the poems were vivid and haunting and atmospheric. the themes discussed were tamer compared to some others, so i would recommend it to anyone looking to get into this very specific subgenre of horror/poetry.

Poetry can be very hit or miss for me but Escaping the Body is somewhere in the middle -
it starts off strong and meanders a bit from there but many gems pop up along the way.
Some of the poems read more like prose- which was unexpected (and not particularly enjoyed.)
It covers subjects such as love, emptiness, death, longing and loss.
Stand outs for me were:

Dissolutions
I Was Planning on Learning to Breathe Today
Osteomancy
For Someone Who Doesn't Believe in Monsters
If you lived here

Sadly, overall this wasn't my type of thing but I can see many enjoying the imagery contained with.

Escaping the Body is such a gut-wrenching look at bodily transience. From the very first poem, Clark starts strong and pulls no punches. This is the budding work of an incredible feminist poet, and already her haunting voice will stick with the reader long after they close the book.

" but we can't all bleed
to find out if we are what we thought we were" - sci-fi lesson

In 5 parts this collection of poetry deals with life and death, trauma and loss, pain and horror and yet stays hauntingly beautiful.
Some of these poems will leave you raw and aching at how close to home they hit.

"the best way to practice
swimming is to learn
how to drown.
I have tried this for so long:
throw myself into what
I'm afraid will happen
get used to it before
it can" - I was planning on learning to breathe today

Relationships and nature, myths and magic and the cosmos. all delicate and compelling in the nature of their poetry.
Reading every poem in this volume leaves you with the feeling of listening to a somber but magical fairytale, easy to get lost in.

'Escaping the Body' was a genuine pleasure to read and makes you contemplate life, death and everthing beyond.

***thank you netgalley/Interstellar Flight Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review***

Decent poetry. Nothing that really stood out to me. It seemed kind of generic. It wasn’t terrible but I wouldn’t consider it “cosmic” or “astral” as the summary describes. Its real, and does bring some feeling to the surface but I honestly wouldn’t reread.

‘Escaping the body’ immediately hits home for any modern woman. If you’re looking for readable longer form poetry look no further. Exploring women’s bodily agency and the idea of escape, this poet is able to develop ideas that pang at your heart strings wishing you yourself could find such perfect words.

***2022 most favourite poetry collection alert***
I cannot remember how many times I have reread this poetry collection over and over again ever since I got approved of the advance reading copy!

I took my own sweet time with this collection because I was awed the very first time I read it. And it did the same the next time and the next. I just love it so much!

Much with the same vibes as that of Rupi Kaur's and Amanda Lovelace's collections, this one talks about girls and women; the society we live in and the twisted versions of ourselves.

As much as the expressions in this collection may seem triggering on many aspects, I feel comfort in reading about them as I as a woman am aware about these issues everyday and I am reminded about them every living moment of my life.

I live for such poetry. Thank you, author. You said it all.

Thank you, Interstellar Flight Press, for the advance reading copy.

I was offered a copy of this book as an ARC via NetGalley and will swiftly admit that I am a bit of a beginner when it comes to poetry. I am determined to try to broaden my horizons and try reading new forms. As I am no aficionado of poetry I would not even attempt authoritatively comment on the poetic forms themselves but, personally, something about this collection of poems really resonated with me. Many of them involve some level of visceral disconnect with yourself and/or others and I think that this is something that a lot of people can empathise with (especially in this era of covid). There were a few poems that I am not sure I understood but that is completely the flaw of the reader's lack of experience and I would definitely like to come back to this collection at a later date when I feel more confident analysing poetry.

Escaping the Body is a speculative poetry collection with topics of robots, zombies and other creatures.

Overall this collection was pretty good. Each poem could stand on its own and the writing was creative and well done. I liked the horror/speculative elements as well. If you are a poetry fan definitely recommend.