Bloodlines
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In Bloodlines Andy Brown turns his attention to the subjects of medicine and the human body, treating them with the lyricism, imaginative range and formal agility for which his poetry has become well known. The poems in part one, Public Speaking, offer personal narratives and multiple perspectives, while the poems of part two, Bloodlines, explore the longer lines of medical history through medical paintings, sculptures and translations — from the Spanish of Borges, Machado, Nuñez, Villacañas and De Quevedo Y Villegas. There are also a number of lively versions of medical scenes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and a number of poems that focus on disease, hygiene and sanitation.
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In Bloodlines Andy Brown turns his attention to the subjects of medicine and the human body, treating them with the lyricism, imaginative range and formal agility for which his poetry has become well known. The poems in part one, Public Speaking, offer personal narratives and multiple perspectives, while the poems of part two, Bloodlines, explore the longer lines of medical history through medical paintings, sculptures and translations — from the Spanish of Borges, Machado, Nuñez, Villacañas and De Quevedo Y Villegas. There are also a number of lively versions of medical scenes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and a number of poems that focus on disease, hygiene and sanitation.
I, Me, Myself
after ‘Yo’, J.L. Borges
The skull, the secret heart,
the brooks of blood I never see;
tunnels of sleep, that shape-shifter;
bowels, bones, the nape of the neck:
I am all these hidden things. Incredibly
I am also a memory of the sea
and a solitary west-bound sun
spent in gold; in shadow; nothing.
I am he who watches boats from port.
I am countless books and numbered
engravings washed out with time.
I am he who envies the foregone dead.
How weird it is to be the one who weaves
words in some room of a fleeting house.
Published: 20 April 2018
ISBN: 978 1 905208 40 1
Pages: 70
‘Warm, confident, assertive and humane poetry that has plenty of longevity and gravitas, not to mention serious poetic impulse.’
– Stride Magazine
Andy Brown’s most recent book of poems is Bloodlines (Worple Press 2018). His previous Worple Press collections are Exurbia (2014) and a collaboration with David Morley, Of Science. Previous books include The Fool and the Physician, Goose Music (with John Burnside), and Fall of the Rebel Angels (all Salt). A selection of his poems appears in the Bloodaxe anthology Identity Parade. He recently edited The Writing Occurs As Song: A Kelvin Corcoran Reader (Shearsman 2014) and co-edited the major anthology, A Body of Work: Poetry and Medical Writing, with Corinna Wagner (Bloomsbury 2015). He is Professor of Creative Writing at Exeter University and was formerly an Arvon Foundation Centre Director.
