This book of poetry chronicles a year of life lived in spiritual retreat at the Jesuit Spiritual Center in Milford, Ohio. Inspired by Thoreau's "Walden," the Jesuit spiritual tradition, and the theopoetical writings of Rubem Alves, Stephen Dunn, and Dante's La Vita Nuova, this book is an indispensable companion for anyone seeking moments of spiritual community, retreat, and discernment during a structured retreat or within their day-to-day lives.

Evan R. Underbrink is a poet, author, and academic in the field of Theology and the Arts. He has studied at Duke Divinity School, the University of North Carolina, Boston College, and Harvard Divinity school. His primary passion is looking at how art allows us to interact with the divine, deeper reality of the world and ourselves. He is currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.