Take Your Shoes Off; You're Standing on Poetic Ground

Take Your Shoes Off; You're Standing on Poetic Ground, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown metaphorically points to God commanding Moses to remove his shoes on Mount Sinai. This poetry book depicts shoes, sandals, boots, and even skates worn from all walks of life through the lens of the book categories: If the Shoe Fits, Goody-Two-Shoes, Put Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes, If The Shoe Was On The Other Foot, Walk A Mile in My Shoes, and To Be Shaking in One's Boots. Shoes are often thought of in the same vein as bringing dirt into the home and being unhygienic. On the other hand, shoes are the very thing that one must trod in to reach their livelihood, status of worshipper, dancer, best dress, and protest-marching just to name a few. Though at times it is customary to remove footwear, shoes are necessary for a step in the right direction.