Review Rating: 5 Stars 

Reviewed By Barbara Fanson for Readers’ Favorite

Wow. From the first page, I can sense the emotion, the dreams, the surroundings, and the soul of a teenager who is wise beyond his years. Time Capsule is the first book of poetry and prose for this publishing company. The imagery and depth that goes into the thoughts are colorful, insightful, and intense. Ideas with Ink has published a wonderful book that other teenagers and adults will enjoy reading. The author uses a lot of analogies such as comparing his life to a party on a boat, but now he can’t tell north from south, or right from wrong, or friends from foe. There are several comparisons to day and night, freedom and fight.

Time Capsule is full of original poetry and snippets from the author’s last three years. I think Stroke is one of my favorites—a colorful ecstasy 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 been translated into Spanish or French. The book is organized by topic including the existence, odes, dreams, questions, answers, love, sonnets, somewhat historic, and flash fiction. Readers will be mesmerized by the flash fiction story The Call of the Sea; this short story is very well written. The flash fiction story A Statue Through Time shows us another side to the author, as the story is relatable and heartfelt. The Firework and the Candle both have a short life, but are both used to commemorate 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.