When a poet finds her old notebooks, filled with verses which she authored 20 years ago, it can lead to feelings of self-mockery since what she once wrote seems childish and naive to her now. On the other hand, the lyricism of youth and expressions of romance, bitterness, and disenchantment of the young at heart are dearly missed by the more mature, or shall we say aged, writer. The book "Love Meter" introduces us to Elena Sosnina's "rosy" period, where the classic style of an even and harmonious metering system is evident. She combined those early love poems with the urbanistic ones from later years, for contrast. It's quiet a shock to see these roses sprouted their thorns - meters become irregular, rhymes appear sparser, and the content becomes more prose-like. But as author mentions in the foreword, the one thing which stays constant throughout the whole book - love lives in between the lines.

The Russian poet Elena Sosnina calls her second book of poetry a winter book, as opposed to designating her first book of poems a fall book. The inspiration for the sequel stems from the colder months of winter, when scholarliness is in full bloom amidst a world of graph-paper, class schedules, and test preps. Within the varying poetic themes, such as a Russian Radio interview and a Marilyn Monroe biopic, the book "Mixed Feelings" is all about grading, finalizing, and summing up life's unique and sometimes ambiguous experiences.

This book was created as a combined effort between Russian poet Elena Sosnina and artist Izya Shlosberg. It's intent was to juxtapose their individual paintings and poems in a way as to summons a multitude of senses and emotions.