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The Blurb:
It's a saga of pain where my heart aches and my ink bleeds every unvoiced emotion of life. So much I kept unsaid yet revealed my heart in words. It's been after years of cocooning till I gathered the courage to ink every pain I felt as a girl, lady, a mother. At last as a woman...
About the Author:
Karandeep Kaur- writing under pen name 'Fiona Kaur', born and brought up in the city of Taj (Agra) in a middle class family. Studies as usual were burden to her, till she got introduced to Shakespeare in Grade 9. It was a twister for her- the creativity, the display of emotions, as if it was happening right around her- it was fascinating. In grade 11, the Great Expectations happened and she was in complete awe of Charles Dickens. These were two major turning points in her life, which made a book phobic student, a craver for words.
She traveled to many places like UK, Europe, Dubai, Malaysia, Australia and all she did was, looking for bookstores. The smell of paper, those book racks and beautiful hard copy covers were just attractive and by then she had started to scribble here and there. Never knew it was poetry, waiting to be poured out of her.
The Review
''Pain can change you, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.'' - Anonymous
Happiness and Agony are a part and parcel of everyone's life. No matter how hard a few days, a few weeks, a couple of months or probably a year looks like but eventually those days are overshadowed by happiness, if we wait for that one day. Everyone of us goes through pain at some point of our lives but dealing with them differs. A few of us hurt over selves for what others did, most of us hurt those people to take revenge. But then can't we just hold on and decide to learn or do something productive out of it? without harming ourselves and others? I sincerely appreciate the poetess, Fiona Kaur for bringing out such a beautiful version of all the hardships she has been through.
The Reviewer's Heart...
'Ink of Pain' by Fiona Kaur is a collection of forty-nine poems based on the theme Pain and outburst of intense emotions. The book has been divided into five sub categories of strong emotions such as ache, anger, fake, hate and cage. Each of the poem reflects the poet's personal encounter with incidents that made her feel alone, depressed and vulnerable at some point in life. The poetess empathize with her readers in the journey of heartbreaks and heartaches by resonating her own experiences and inner struggles. These anecdotes are less of a poem and more of a muse which have been pen-down in a crisp and precise manner. I could relate and found myself agreeing to many of her muses. Sharing two intense pieces from the book, Gain Wishes and Life Wishes.
Her poem Thread Wishes conveys irony about how poetess realized her creative skills in the presence of her beloved but it was after the heartbreak she found her words. In her poem Darkness Wishes she talks about the comfort of confiding in darkness and fear of being exposed during the daylight. Unrequited Wishes talks about the natural process of seeking oneself after one-sided love. Incurable Wishes tells how silence can kill communication and leads to death of relations.
The language is lucid and easy to understand however, I felt, a few poems could have been better. Although these poems convey hardships which the poetess' has been through, it doesn't tell about when and under what circumstance things took place. Adding these elements would have had helped in subtle connectivity with the readers.
The book cover with black background exposing the red rose is attention grabbing and it very well justifies the strong emotion these poems carry in themselves. An outline is mentioned before each poem which I found really helpful in understanding the poetess' core message. The overall book quality is too good with crisp-white pages and well-aligned content.
To read more insightful poems, grab this book from Amazon.
The Reviewer's Heart...
'Ink of Pain' by Fiona Kaur is a collection of forty-nine poems based on the theme Pain and outburst of intense emotions. The book has been divided into five sub categories of strong emotions such as ache, anger, fake, hate and cage. Each of the poem reflects the poet's personal encounter with incidents that made her feel alone, depressed and vulnerable at some point in life. The poetess empathize with her readers in the journey of heartbreaks and heartaches by resonating her own experiences and inner struggles. These anecdotes are less of a poem and more of a muse which have been pen-down in a crisp and precise manner. I could relate and found myself agreeing to many of her muses. Sharing two intense pieces from the book, Gain Wishes and Life Wishes.
I sent my feelings in the
envelope of love,
you just again made
them words of gain...
* * *
Life's made her feel more
than inner sustainability knew,
now the pain of life
only hurts her ears...
The language is lucid and easy to understand however, I felt, a few poems could have been better. Although these poems convey hardships which the poetess' has been through, it doesn't tell about when and under what circumstance things took place. Adding these elements would have had helped in subtle connectivity with the readers.
The book cover with black background exposing the red rose is attention grabbing and it very well justifies the strong emotion these poems carry in themselves. An outline is mentioned before each poem which I found really helpful in understanding the poetess' core message. The overall book quality is too good with crisp-white pages and well-aligned content.
To read more insightful poems, grab this book from Amazon.
Rating:
Blurb: 3/5
Poems: 3.5/5
Writing
Style: 3/5
Editing: 3/5
Book
Cover: 4/5
Overall
Rating: 3/5
Book
Details:
Title: Ink of Pain
Author:Fiona Kaur
Genre:Fiction
Type:Paperback
Publisher: Petals Publishers
Language:
English
Pages:111
Year of
Publication: 2018
Price: 150 INR
Stars… To
this poetry collection full of insights, recollection and introspection I give a 3 star
rating. Recommended to all poetry lovers.
I am glad to read and review it. The opinions expressed in
the review are my own, and remain unbiased and uninfluenced. I have given a 3
star rating on Goodreads and Amazon as I felt nothing less than that would be
fair.
Wonderful review of a beautiful story.
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