Sojourner Songs
From the author of A Small Cup of Light comes a collection of poetry that presses into the corners of our joy and our despair. By turns provocative, playful, sober, and hopeful, Sojourner Songs is a long-awaited companion on life's journey and a deep spiritual experience for pilgrims in all walks of life. Ben Palpant's poetry debut is intensely personal, an intimate exploration of what it means to be human.
From "I Cannot Stop My Singing Heart" to "Despair Has Come," this collection captures the range of emotions which
characterize our shared experience. Reminiscent of works by Mary Oliver, T.S. Eliot, and Seamus Heaney, Sojourner Songs serves as a reminder of therich tapestry we call everyday life.
Praise for Sojourner Songs
"I found it thoroughly enjoyable and, at times, deeply moving. I highly recommend buying the book and enjoying his work yourself.”
—Tim Challies, blogger and author of Pilgrim Prayers
"I have read and re-read these beautiful poems throughout my summer, and their timing comes much like Ben Palpant's first beautiful prose book, A Small Cup of Light - providing a tall, cool drink in a desert. Each poem should be savored and none disappoint. It is a book for a seasons: summer reading at its best, and yet a volume to curl up with by the fire when the winds turn. I have turned to it much like a devotional, and find the lines singing in my head, the images fluttering still, long after the covers are closed. I highly recommend the collection as a personal treat during quiet time, and as a gift for someone you know who could use a poetic small cup of light - and can't we all.”
–Carolyn Weber, author of Surprised By Oxford