Palmetto Publishing Releases Louden Kiracofe's New Poetry Collection Exploring Sacred Love and the American Southwest

i loved you across the wild, a contemplative collection of spiritual and romantic poetry by a Princeton-educated physician and Vision Quest Guide, is now available from Palmetto Publishing.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Palmetto Publishing has released i loved you across the wild, a new collection of poetry by Louden Kiracofe. The book traces the intersection of romantic love, spiritual devotion, and the landscapes of the American Southwest, offering readers verse that moves between the intimate and the transcendent.

Set against the canyons, rivers, and desert expanses of the Southwest, i loved you across the wild follows two souls who discover each other across what Kiracofe calls “oceans of time.” The poems render their connection through precise, grounded imagery: candlelit evenings along the Rio Chama, ravens riding desert thermals, spirit dogs appearing in whispered conversation. Each piece draws on the natural world not as backdrop but as active participant, a living expression of the sacred forces the poet sees pulsing beneath ordinary life.

At the heart of the collection lies a tension between longing and fulfillment, between the ache of separation and the grace of reunion. Kiracofe treats romantic love not as an end in itself but as a doorway to something divine, a force that predates birth and outlasts death. The poems confront the limits of language in holding that feeling, reaching toward silence, prayer, and song when words fall short. This reaching, and the vulnerability it demands, gives the collection its emotional stakes.

Kiracofe brings an uncommon background to poetry. A graduate of Princeton University, he earned his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and practiced urology in Durango, Colorado, where he also facilitated The Life Support Group for patients facing life-altering illnesses. He later trained as a Vision Quest Guide and Gestalt therapist. His work speaks to readers drawn to contemplative and devotional verse in the tradition of Mary Oliver, David Whyte, and Joy Harjo. For those who seek poetry grounded in landscape, spiritual inquiry, and the raw honesty of lived experience, i loved you across the wild arrives at a moment when many readers are searching for stillness and meaning in an accelerating world.

i loved you across the wild is available for purchase online at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. For more information about the author, please visit any of their social media platforms.

About the Author: Louden Kiracofe graduated from Princeton University and received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He practiced urology in Durango, Colorado, where he also organized and facilitated The Life Support Group, offering support to patients facing life-altering illnesses. His career has been defined by a commitment to healing in its broadest sense, encompassing the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual.

That expansive vision of healing led Kiracofe to train as both a Vision Quest Guide and a Gestalt therapist, disciplines that deepened his attention to the inner landscape of the human experience. i loved you across the wild, his debut poetry collection, is a natural extension of that journey. These poems of love and inspiration emerge from a life spent sitting with others at thresholds of transformation, listening for what the sacred has to say in moments of vulnerability and wonder.

Kiracofe has called Durango, Colorado home, a place whose rugged beauty and vast open spaces echo the contemplative spirit of his writing. His work speaks to readers drawn to the mystery of life, to the quiet courage it takes to love fully, and to the belief that the deepest truths often arrive not as answers but as poems. Follow Louden Kiracofe for updates on new releases.

About the Book:

Title: i loved you across the wild
Author: Louden Kiracofe

Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
Publication date: September 1, 2026
ISBN-13: 9798318847400

SOURCE Palmetto Publishing