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Eat the Dirt

52 Poems on God and Being Human

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In this unflinching collection, Heather Hamilton excavates the raw terrain where faith meets flesh, where the sacred collides with suffering. These poems are acts of spiritual archaeology—digging through layers of doubt, desire, and divine hunger. Eat the Dirt maps the geography of a life lived in tension between heaven and earth—between the dust we came from and the light we reach toward.

With visceral honesty and startling intimacy, Heather Hamilton explores the simultaneous revulsion and reverence we feel toward our earthbound existence, the way God tastes both bitter as dirt and sweet as honey on our tongues. These poems are for anyone who has ever felt simultaneously too human and not human enough. Eat the Dirt reminds us that sometimes the most sacred act is simply learning how to swallow what we cannot understand.

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“These poems from Heather…they're dirty and serene and angsty and wondering and tender and feisty and loud and quiet and resilient...they make you feel more alive.” -Rob Bell, Author of New York Times bestseller Love Wins
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Absolutely stunning. I got the Kindle and Audible version as I am on-the-go these days. Heather's voice and the music in the Audible version is meditative. It brings a sense God into the room. The kindle formatting is easy to read and the artwork is beautiful. I loved Heather's first book and now I am excited to have this treasure of poems which feel like little portals to God.

Portals to God

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This book spoke to my soul. It’s hard to describe - it’s simultaneously a balm for and companion in grief and an evolving faith. It’s beautiful.

Deeply moving, beautiful poetry

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I decided to get Heather Hamilton's latest book in two formats, the e-book and this audiobook. They are different but complementary ways of experiencing her poems. What makes this audiobook so special is the background music which definitely enhances the experience and clearly enabled the author to narrate them at a thoughtful pace. Her previous book Returning to Eden was full of deep and mind-blowing theology - this is a much more personal reckoning with the spiritual life but it's just as compelling.

A meditative exploration of faith and life

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In her poem “Burning Bush” from 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡: 52 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛, Heather Hamilton offers words that (to me, at least) carry the quiet, quintessential wisdom of one who has awakened.

“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑟
ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑.”

Through the lens of an awakened heart, Heather’s poetry reveals subtle flickers of light that resonate with all of us. As she reads, we are invited into the paradoxes of existence: pain and darkness alongside gratitude and light; grief softened by forgiveness and understanding—illuminating life in ways that feel at once intimate and universal.

An Awakened Voice

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