Product reviews for Blood Lines

Blood Lines brings together the deeply personal and the broadly social. Each poem stands alone, and yet the collection is a whole narrative—it reaches far and wide in feeling and subject and in time and space. It is imbued with the natural world and with a passion for words and literature. In her writing, Juliet is the teacher we always wanted: fun, creative, honest, profound, challenging and full of original and independent thinking. In Blood Lines, there are many generous invitations—for example, to take ‘a pacifist approach / non-violent direct action’ or to ‘dance and play’ with feelings—lessons for everyone but, as the collection so powerfully reveals, particularly for those living and dying with cancer, and for those standing with them. At Flynne’s Barn we have felt this generosity and are immensely grateful to Juliet for the belief and support that she has shown us.