What Should it Be.

In What Should It Be Laura Ćuti writes openly with compelling compassion and insight into pressing issues, both of our times and personal impressions. With queries on the validity and authenticity of social interactions and mores, Ćuti speaks directly with deep, honest perceptions concerning what is deemed meaningful and what is contrived. The poems range from lyrical imagery, intertwined with sceptical nuances on platitudes, to melodious songs, candidly illuminated by poignant insights. Her verses capture a palpable loneliness and solitude, shared in the hearts and minds of all, giving a voice to the unvoiced. She delves into and sheds light on the conflicts of solitude, isolation and loneliness, between what is conventionally noted as attainable and expected to what is revealed and grasped at, yet unattainable, but still hoped for. Ćuti's poetry is filled with the yearning for and questioning of what constitutes acceptance and love in all of its mercurial forms. Upon reading her work in its totality, one experiences the twinges of reminiscing one's past, recollecting the precious moments in time when a sense of futility has crept up unknowingly, mixed with the fleeting thoughts of hope and longing, leaving a bittersweet rumination about life and humanity.