God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming

But God speaks through wombs, birthing prophetic utterances. … Enough of this unbelieving religion that masquerades as faith. Divine favor is placed on what we have disgraced. In God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson explores the First eight chapters of Luke's Gospel in a new poetic register. Here the gospel is the "fresh words / that speak of / things impossible." From the Magnificat ("That Girl Can Sign! … She has a voice / that can shatter shackles") to the baptism of Christ ("I stepped...