Time Capsule - Softcover

Ideas With Ink

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1988880017 ISBN 13: 9781988880013

Publisher: 101 Panya Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Life Became His Poetry. Poetry Became His Life. Captivating Poetry and Prose collection by 16-year-old Canadian teenager. The pain, the betrayal, lost friendships, first unrequited love bled from his soul, seeped through his fingers and into the words and sentences on a laptop. The images born in his mind lived on paper. Three years of poetry filled with despair and hope went into this book and were conserved as the time capsule of his teenagehood. Writing gave him a purpose to live, a desire to share his thoughts, emotions, and experiences, a will to connect with the world through rhythm and line.

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Review

Reviewed by Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite
Time Capsule is a poetic journey about variousaspects of life, written by Ideas with Ink. Separated into differentcategories, such as Existence, Odes, Dreams, Questions, Answers, Loveand more, the visualization created by each poem is incredible, reaching into the innermost portion of your soul. The earthly tones depictNature, and all of its incredible gifts bestowed upon us, as beautiful,gentle and tranquil, yet fierce and ever-hungering. The varying seasonsare delivered with the most picturesque imagery, yet it is all createdinside the mind of the reader, as each word flows on to the next.

Many images and scenarios are created beautifully within these pages,which are so elegant yet so descriptive. Ideas with Ink has delved intoeach vast corner of one's mind, and the resultant prose and poetrycreate mental illustrations which are so stunning ... yet so tragic. Myfavorite poem - Winter in my Heart - delivers an emotional punch like no other, as the author tells of a falling out in a friendship whichleaves the writer feeling isolated and alone, not knowing where to turnor who to trust, what is real and what is a facade. Another is All ThatRemains is a Voice. As a Deaf Pagan, I was easily able to immerse myself in the familiar feelings which are embodied inside Mother Nature - sadand alone, yet surrounded by the mysteries and miracles which we calllife. This is definitely the sort of book which can be easily read inone afternoon, or be paced over a month or more, as the reader searchesfor the meaning behind the intricacies of each word. I found TimeCapsule to be eloquent, heart-warming and emotional, and recommend it to readers who ponder on the depth and meaning of one's existence.


Barbara Fanson Wow. From the first page, I can sense the emotion,the dreams, the surroundings, and the soul of a teenager who is wisebeyond his years. Time Capsule is the first book of poetry and prose for this publishing company. The imagery and depth that goes into thethoughts are colorful, insightful, and intense. Ideas with Ink haspublished a wonderful book that other teenagers and adults will enjoyreading. The author uses a lot of analogies such as comparing his lifeto a party on a boat, but now he can't tell north from south, or rightfrom wrong, or friends from foe. There are several comparisons to dayand night, freedom and fight.

Time Capsule is full of original poetry and snippets from the author'slast three years. I think Stroke is one of my favorites--a colorfulecstasy and how colors can have different effects. The Child's Decalogue also has some wonderful lines such as: "As a child I had money, courage but no freedom, now I have no money, some courage but an endless sea of freedom." Very profound. He even includes some poems that have beentranslated into Spanish or French. The book is organized by topicincluding existence, odes, dreams, questions, answers, love, sonnets,somewhat historic, and flash fiction. Readers will be mesmerized by theflash fiction story The Call of the Sea; this short story is very wellwritten. The flash fiction story A Statue Through Time shows us anotherside to the author, as the story is relatable and heartfelt. TheFirework and the Candle both have a short life, but are both used tocommemorate an event; however, one is happy and one is not. Time Capsule is an interesting collection of poetry and short stories that teens and adults will find insightful.                


Marta Tandori Time Capsule is a collection of captivating poemsand prose by a Canadian teen who identifies himself as Ideas with Ink.The term "poetry" is defined as a literary work in which specialintensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. It usually conveys an intensity ofemotion, whereas "prose" is merely defined as written language withoutstructure. Both are forms of expression and both are highly subjective.It's for this reason that poetry and prose are so difficult to critique. This type of work is different from other genres such as a fictionalwhodunit, where a crime has been committed and one or more protagonistsmust solve the crime in a relatively logical and compelling manner.Poetry, on the other hand, must 'speak' to the reader in that it shouldconvey a wealth of emotion and feelings; whereby both can leap off apage or they can be much more subtle in their impact.

At first glance, some of Ideas with Ink's offerings tend to come acrossas nothing more than a few haphazard words thrown together that take upminuscule amounts of space on an otherwise ordinary page. Case in point: Goodbye. It consists of three lines, thirteen words - sparse prose atbest. However, it's when you actually stop and consider the meaning ofthe words that you begin to understand the wealth of meaning behindthose few well-chosen words. Delve further into Ideas with Ink'sofferings and you'll find The Stars. This poem provides readers with aglimpse into the poet's mind. We have a better understanding as to howhe sees our world, understands it, and then processes it: "The Stars are Measuring spoons For infinity, Stopwatches To eternity, Highways Tovoices, Tolls For silence, Prisons For dreams, Halfway-houses To souls."

Sparsely presented or plentiful, Ideas with Ink's words in Time Capsuleconvey a wealth of emotion, as befitting the teenager who wrote them,inevitably sharing with us his hopes, dreams, pain and tribulations, all which create havoc in his soul or happiness in his heart. All convey adepth of feeling, from Mourning - which is poignant and haunting - toDreams Soaked in Purple Rain - which has romantic resonance. Ideas withInk has a special connection to his environment, which is evident inWinter in My Heart, and despite his youth (or perhaps because of it), he is attuned to the foibles of human nature, as can be seen in Shadowsand Reflections. For those readers who like their poetry with structuretold in iambic pentameter, Time Capsule isn't for you. However, forthose readers wanting to be moved, Time Capsule has plenty to offer.

Romuald Dzemo Time Capsule is an interesting, captivatingcollection of poems by a very curious and telling pen name, "Ideas withInk." This collection features very beautiful poems, some poignantlywritten, some very evocative, and others insightful, all assembled under different themes, including existence, odes, dreams, questions,answers, and love. I was curious to know, at least, the name of theauthor of this beautiful collection, and so I turned to the "About theAuthor" page, and to my greatest surprise, the name wasn't there. Just a teenage young "person" who gives their voice to the emotions thathumans harbor within their breasts, the common sensation of the blues,an experience of the naked sky, a sundial, a stir in the leaves, and the heartache.

This is a poetry collection that seems to encapsulate the reality asfelt by a young soul, captured through deceptively simple lines ofpoetry that are delightful to read. It is interesting to learn that this collection is from a very young writer, because some of the poems like"Sailing" are very deep and symbolic and I could read my own experiencein them. How lovely when the poet connects their sensation to the feelof nature, sailing:

"Through the broken glass beach
of my dreams
The sky is naked and the rain
Embittered"

Time Capsule invites the reader to look deeper into the existentialthemes of life -- love, life itself, dreams, death, and a lot more. These poems seem to burst out from the very depths of the poet with poeticexuberance. They are rhythmic, short and easy to read, and readers willenjoy the different seasons of the soul they invite them to celebrate. I found these poems very delightful and refreshing, and will definitelybe going back to some of my favorite ones.

Lit Amri Time Capsule by Ideas With Ink is an abundantcollection of contemporary poems which are separated into nineparts/themes; Existence, Odes, Dreams, Questions, Answers, Love,Sonnets, Somewhat Historic and Flash Fiction. A significant statementabout the teenage author is that this collection was written over thecourse of the last three years and it has become the time capsule of his teenage-hood, hence the apt title of this collection, showing that time and youth are some of the dominant factors in the author's work.

The prose doesn't adhere strictly to the norms of poetry writing. Thatsaid, the writing style is expressive and vivid. Post-Mortem is one ofthe poems in Time Capsule that clearly shows this aspect and is one ofmy favorites: "Among your laky eyes that // Grasp shadowy minnows //Moored to the sky of my brow // Solitude's pincers // As if drunkenbells // Of emancipated doves // A raven exasperating // A bee among the moon's stamens // Whitening your diurnal hills of eulogies."

The use of similes and key metaphors is quite interesting: "As candid as the lighthouse's dream, The night roars like a panther, Flutters like a little butterfly in the endless sands of sin." On the whole, TimeCapsule is a solid literary piece that cleverly uses an array ofanalogy, symbols and ambiguity, giving it an impressive depth. Thequality of each of the poems varies, but author Ideas With Inkdefinitely has a skill which can be further developed in this genre.

Edition details

• Publisher: 101 Panya Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1988880017
• ISBN 13: 9781988880013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188