Book Review for Quark Soup by Magdalena Ball

Quark Soup is a cryptic collection of alluring poetry that provides fodder for deep introspection, while personifying planets and attributing humans with celestial properties. The subjects of childbirth and supernovas are cleverly interwoven, often cloaking the author's intent. In great mystery, cosmic wonders flow within love and relationships, titillating the reader's imagination.Examine this segment from Coil of Life:Hurling matter in all directions,the particles of the embryonic universerush away from each other.In the beginning there was nothingbut plasma soup. Less than a second laterpure energy becamea slippery birth cry still measurablefifteen billion years laterin the decaying echoes of space.***Is the author referring to the birth of a child, or a universe?In this excerpt from Aurora, Ms. Ball appears to be pleading with a cold-hearted scientist who has lost the capacity to perceive beauty and perhaps also the ability to show affection. Her earnest entreaty follows.
***If I could capture that spectrumthe atomic neon sign of your lost wonderand feed it to you on a spoonwhen your lonely vigil againstpoverty and incompetencebecomes ball and chainI'd give up my own foodstand with my back to the solar windclose my eyes to beautyto keep you warm.I'd be your personal aurorayour talisman against the dark lure of ennuian electrical current chargingyour ionosphere.***Science and passion fold together in masterful imagery as love, loss, and motherhood slip in and out of the image streams captured by Ms. Ball.The subject of loss is tackled in several pieces, most particularly in Green, which addresses the loss of a mother to cancer. Examine this excerpt:my fingers worked independentfrom intenttracing the landscape of her arched backas she bent over her porcelain taskmasterbegging the drugs which she couldn't swallowto kill the diseaseindistinguishable from her own cells***Honest emotion covers themes like lonely childhood, the perfect universe, an
impersonal lover, and the infinite joy of parenthood. With skillful word tapestries, the poems are infused with the wisdom of deep thought and experience, a rare commodity in such a young author. The collection is highly recommended, and will be treasured on this reviewer's bookshelf.

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