A beautiful collection of poetry, which offers an accurate glimpse into the author’s soul and the things he treasures the most.
My thoughts:
Emily Dickinson, the famous poet, used to say: “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” This quote illustrates exactly how I feel about reading poetry. I want to be moved, to reach a heightened state of sensibility, with the words read lingering on my lips for more than a brief moment. I was glad to come across his poetry collection, because it gave me all that and so much more.
Yes, I know that we each respond differently to the words poets timidly put on the page. In reading these poems, however, I was reminded of what speaks to all of us, the emotion behind each creation. I really liked how the author described his poetry collection. “Each poem in this collection stands alone like an artifact for curiosity. The book is more like a museum displaying ordinary moments, some not so ordinary – through images and lyric […] Readers can enter any room at any time and start reading.”
I dived into this collection and I forgot about the world around me. Let’s be honest, this is the privilege of reading poetry. For brief moments, we are suspended in an immaterial universe, our thoughts meeting the thoughts of this incredible creator, the POET. The result? An implosion of emotion, which leaves us wanting for more.
I loved the choice of titles, tiny metaphors suggestive of what lied ahead – “Ink leaves”, “Writing it on stone”, “On my was to becoming”, “Sleeping gifts”. All the poems are written in a contemporary style, with the author having chosen different poetry forms, including free verse, haiku and senryu. His poems reflect a preference for variety. Some are rather emotional, bordering on serious, while others are written in a humorous tone.
Many of these poems invite to reflection, with subtle suggestions on what we should look for in life as well.
“The shouting stars in the night/could be angry or grateful depending on how/sets them ablaze to wake the world”
“My heart/gets big with ink/Words are my mirrors, my current letters to self”
“I enter the land of ink leaves/without the slightest idea/of what I will have from its menu/much to choose/many avenues”
Verdict:
This was a delightful reading experience and many of the poems included in this collection spoke to me, as a lover of books and as a writer. My favorite poem was “Kristallnacht”, as it was inspired by a visit to a holocaust museum. Obed Ladiny is a contemporary poet with a unique writing voice and I highly recommend his poetry collection!
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