Category: Poetry

Sojourner Songs Book Launch: Day 5

30 May, 2016 Ben Palpant 2 Comments 2 categories

Today is Memorial Day, a day for remembering. On this Memorial Day, I remember a woman whose charm was matched only by her sincerity. She loved me through my rather gangly, pretentious, and lurching teenage years. Her

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Sojourner Songs Book Launch: Day 2

27 May, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

Today is our second day to celebrate the upcoming release of Sojourner Songs! I hope yesterday’s trailer got you excited to get your own copy and spread the news. Today’s gift is the audio version of “Bright

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Sojourner Songs, coming soon!

7 May, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

[video_player type=”embed” width=”853″ height=”480″ align=”left” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″][/video_player] Good news, friends! This is the first official book trailer for Sojourner Songs, my new book of poetry which will be released June 1st. I can’t wait to share this

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Fly-Fishing on the St. Joe: a poem

23 April, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

All this, cut by water since time immemorial– clear, turquoise, deep– cliffs steep, stooped; moss and leaning green. You and me, lines curled out, behind, and out again; rhythmic and soft landing of fly; rocks

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Singing Bowl: a poem

2 April, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

Here’s a beautiful poem from a poet priest. May it encourage those of you who are learning to live bravely and beautifully out of your emptiness. Click here to watch Malcolm Guite recite “Singing Bowl.”

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A Poem For Easter: The Punctuation of Resurrection

26 March, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

This resurrection is a hard study.It tumbles me unpreparedso I trace its punctuation with my fingers,tracking these scratches that clarify meaning: The exclamation mark:vertical and straightlike a divine finger,like lightning down the sky,like fabric ripped.“It

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The Coming of God: a poem

5 March, 2016 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

On this side of the Red Sea, when the ground quaked beneath Egypt’s flying chariots, we heard the victory cry of her warriors and felt the hot shame of panic creep into our loins and

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Blessed Are The Broken Brave: a poem

27 February, 2016 Ben Palpant 2 Comments 2 categories

When he saw the throng, he climbed the mountain. We followed just in case he scattered gold dust on the wind. He fingered dirt with carpenter’s hands and spoke: Rich are desert dwellers, bedouin hearts

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