Title: Echoes of the Soul
Author: P. Viras
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 979-8-7652-1599-9
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 62
Reviewer: Margie Przybylski
Pacific Book Review
P. Viras quietly catalogued an entire life’s experience in the poetry collection, Echoes of the Soul. From the fears of motherhood to the ache of unanswered prayers, Viras’ poems explore the quiet joys and sorrows that shape a life. While seemingly quick to read, Viras saturates each poem with the power of expression. The poet leaves room to linger among verses, where each lively poem summons readers’ own experiences while offering respite from a world which blurs by.
Through spiritually contemplative poetry, Viras calls readers to stillness. In “Serenity,” the poet recounts a tumultuous journey to awakening, finally discovering purpose in stillness. Through personal introspection on a page, Viras reveals the depths of the psyche. Viras’ poems force readers to reflect on their own journeys through life while standing under the waterfall of uninhibited devotion to the written word. Viras employs careful diction, descriptive language, and raw emotion to embolden others to seek their own answers. Viras turns conventional truths into challenges:“Time is but an illusion we live chained to. Become water. Flow.”
This book of poetry builds upon a quiet strength born from “love, solitude, and loss.” The author has made sense of the same pain so many of us carry every day. As we rush through life without pausing, we flee from the answers within ourselves. With every poem, another pebble drops into the well of understanding, inching us closer to peace and contentment. The very things we find ourselves chasing already exist within ourselves.
An excellent addition to any library, easy to pick up and read at the start of a quiet morning or the end of a long day. A welcome companion to discuss among literary friends or those looking for a new approach to the problems of life. Viras’ Echoes of the Soul, gives readers a glimpse into a life lived fully at peace, while challenging what we force ourselves to carry.
I recommend this collection to lovers of poetry as well as expressive written words. Immensely rewarding to read aloud among like-minded individuals, P. Viras’ poetry encompasses universal experiences that can bring even enemies closer together. Echoes of the Soul touches the heart while feeding the mind, a thoughtful book of poems that provokes us to look within ourselves to satisfy our deepest desires. Viras’ voice whispers softly, yet firmly, where mainstream messages of no substance yell, adding meaning to what so many of us overlook daily.
