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An Axe for the Frozen Sea: Conversations with Poets About What Matters
Discover the wisdom and wonder of poetry through candid conversations with some of the most powerful poets of the 21st century.
In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets. These conversations
The human Grief, hope, culture, and the imagination.
The writing Insights into the craft of poetry and the challenges of creativity.
Everyday joys and Reflections on family life, faith, and the power of words.
As Franz Kafka once said, "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." The thoughts and words in this collection aim to awaken what has grown silent within us, reminding us that poetry is an essential expression of what it means to be human.
This book offers wisdom to inspire, instruct, and strengthen listeners—proving that words matter, poetry matters, and you matter.
In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets. These conversations
The human Grief, hope, culture, and the imagination.
The writing Insights into the craft of poetry and the challenges of creativity.
Everyday joys and Reflections on family life, faith, and the power of words.
As Franz Kafka once said, "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." The thoughts and words in this collection aim to awaken what has grown silent within us, reminding us that poetry is an essential expression of what it means to be human.
This book offers wisdom to inspire, instruct, and strengthen listeners—proving that words matter, poetry matters, and you matter.
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Published June 3, 2025
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March 19, 2026
The finger of Ben Palpate is on the pulse of the important in this book. As a poet, he knows that poets wrestle with the world, God, and everything in between (people and place). Sharing his conversations with us is like tiptoeing into the void with a caring guide. I especially liked Li-Young Lee's chapter. And getting introduced to poets I hadn't known before. As an English major, I've read the romantics, the transcendentalists, the free-verse junkies. But this—modern poets who yearn for the eternal in the here and now? It's beautiful, it's weighty, it's fresh, it's my favourite book, and I'll be giving it as gifts to all my favourite people—because I love them and want to give them good gifts that matter.
January 30, 2026
Such a thoughful and beautiful collection of conversations. Inspiring
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