Ancestral Lines by Jeremy Hooker Octopus Medicine a translator’s afterword by Brian

a translator’s afterword by Brian Holton

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There are poems addressed to familiar companions such as the moon

there emerge luxuriant and tender portraits of a woman battling for survival

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Ancestral Lines by Jeremy Hooker Octopus Medicine a translator’s afterword by BrianAncestral Lines is a sequence of poems about 'the river of desire' that flows through the lives of a family. In these poems Jeremy Hooker recalls his parents and grandparents, and an elusive great grandfather. He both honours the mystery of personal identity, and celebrates the oneness of life through the 'lines' of generations. The sequence conveys a strong sense of places in the south of England, but in a special sense: it is grounded upon