Window and Mirror

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Pub Date 8 Apr 2025 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2025

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Description

The introduction of Window and Mirror begins with a question: What are we doing here? The emphasis is on both the doing and the place. Ted Virts' poetry collection meanders through life experiences with story, blessing, myth, and the day-to-day realities of pain, delight, humor, and wonder. Virts explores life with an undercurrent of curiosity, faith, emotion, loss, hope, acceptance, and presence. His poems link tragedy at the southern U.S. border, the death of his father, the constant plea for political donations, the nightly news, and a description of Christmas as an artichoke. The link? The sacredness of everyday life.

The introduction of Window and Mirror begins with a question: What are we doing here? The emphasis is on both the doing and the place. Ted Virts' poetry collection meanders through life experiences...


A Note From the Publisher

Ted Virts’ life has wandered and wondered through preschool teaching, labor in startup manufacturing, Planned Parenthood management, ministry and pastoral supervision. There were stops along the way: Korea, the Philippines, China, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Arctic. There were stumbles and sorrows, play and puzzles: SCUBA diving, triathlons, friends lost and found, dulcimer playing, academic degrees, divorces, a happy marriage of 42 years to Charlene, and homes in desert, suburbia and forests of the Western US. Throughout the years, Ted has pondered what is sacred and how myth, memory, and stories from human cultures describe life and consciousness. His conclusions? The Holy surrounds us. Our task is to pause enough to notice and appreciate; then to engage enough to offer kindness, comfort, support and celebration to the world in which we belong.

Ted Virts’ life has wandered and wondered through preschool teaching, labor in startup manufacturing, Planned Parenthood management, ministry and pastoral supervision. There were stops along the way:...


Advance Praise

"I used to hate reading poetry until I found modern free verse that, unlike traditional poetry, doesn’t use standard rhyme, rhythm, or meter. Instead, free verse poetry uses ordinary speech patterns and relies on imagery to drive its meaning. Such is the case of a collection of poetry titled Window and Mirror by Ted Virts. In it, the poet explores life experiences concerning loss, faith, and home with simple images that represent concerns and questions common to all of us. The structure of the poems is simple, deceptively so. Each line has breaks or pauses that mimic natural speech where the poet repeats thoughts, questions statements, or even goes off on a tangent or two, just like most people do when they speak. This direct style creates an intimate connection between Virts and his reader." - Readers' Favorite

"I used to hate reading poetry until I found modern free verse that, unlike traditional poetry, doesn’t use standard rhyme, rhythm, or meter. Instead, free verse poetry uses ordinary speech patterns...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798891325951
PRICE US$12.99 (USD)
PAGES 58

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