The Iridescence of Imagination

The Iridescence of Imagination is a collection of 21 poems spanning a myriad range of themes and emotions. Inside these pages; you will find Greek gods, spoilt pooches, bereft lovers, and more. What's more, as you read, it will dawn upon you how even the most mundane landscapes, or things, or instances, are worth noticing, celebrating and turning into poetry that speaks to the soul. For beauty does not exist only in splendid sunsets or grand cathedrals; but in the unsymmetrical, the insignificant, the joys slipping quietly by like pearls off a string. Traverse the paths of the poet's imagination, smile, cry, and never stop wondering.

Is Ilina just a poet? Hardly. She's a whimsical storyteller, a dreamer forever looking to capture beautiful ideas to weave her fine tapestry of words and emotions. At seventeen, there are few things she loves more than writing- with her stories frequently published in school magazines and journals. When she's not scribbling feverishly at her desk; you could find her head peeking out from among stacks of Keats and Christie, or humming a jaunty tune she's just thought of. For Ilina, there's no joy that could compare to the feeling of seeing her own words on paper, the inky flourishes encapsulating all the colours of the rainbow.