"In silence now, on bended knee, I offer up my sword. That you might hone and forge my heart, I sing my prayer to word."

And so begins "From the Back of a Thirsty Camel: Ecstatic Longings," Brandon Thompson's second book of ecstatic poetry. Far more than just a collection of poetry, "From the Back of a Thirsty Camel" is a penetrating exploration of writing as spiritual practice. In its pages, readers will find not only exquisite poems that glimmer with insight, but will also be invited on a journey: deeper into themselves, deeper into Spirit, and deeper into writing as a practice of...