Cup My Days Like Water

Commendation Quotes:
“This rich poetic collection is overwhelming in its rich imagery, its simplicity of wording, and its unflinching witness to the reality and goodness of God. Abigail Carroll is fixed on the concreteness of life as she sees it, even as she makes winsome linkages to the specificities of Scripture. If you love poetry, get this book! If you do not yet love poetry, get this book and you will promptly learn to love poetry–along with the honest knowing faith of this poet.”

–Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary

“This glowing volume beams with the ancient spirit of the Psalms–rebuking us with its truth and restoring us with its beauty. In that holy work, Abigail Carroll shines. Her eye is keen, her language is alive, and her sensitivity to the rich goodness of creation inspires us to see deeply and live with intention. A remarkable contribution to Christian poetry.”

–Paul J. Pastor, contributing poetry editor, Ekstasis

“‘When I swallow the Word / it sings–, ‘ declares the speaker of ‘The Word Tastes like Sun-Crammed Plums.’ Like a patient (and expert) gardener coaxing new blooms from old vines, Abigail Carroll gives us poems flowering with fresh vigor and sublimity from the ancient Psalms. She generously invites us, by each poem’s fierce attention, to be always alert to the holy mystery of our lives: ‘the sweep, the joy, the brine.'”

–Leslie Williams, author of Even the Dark