Touch the Earth

Book Review: “Touch the Earth: Poems on the Way” by Drew Jackson

Touch the Earth is the second part of a poetic reflections on the Gospel of Luke through poems. Before going farther, I can attest that it is well worth reading on its own, even if one hasn’t read the first (as I had not).

Jackson’s lyrically rich poems reach into the Gospel of Luke and ask us as readers to dive into the text, to feel the words flow, and to reimagine what the world might be if we experienced the Gospel as such beauty. The book is part dramatic reimagining, part reinterpreting. Jackson calls us to envision the truths of the Gospel and draws them out in a beautiful form.

One of my favorite portions of Luke is the section from Luke 10 and following in which Jesus repeatedly establishes himself as a masterful teacher and prophetic voice. Drew Jackson’s words draw that out as well. One section, which examines Luke 10:17-19, includes such phrases as:
“This is a tactic
used by men who sit in Caesar’s seat:
convince the people they are weak,
impotent and wholly reliant
on those in high places…
Power to the people
This is the work:
to realize what is already ours
and not be surprised
when the demons tremble.”

Page after page, Jackson shatters expectations and creates a beautifully alluring collection that frankly reinvigorated me as a reader. I loved it.

Touch the Earth is, frankly, a thing of beauty. I recommend it very very highly.

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