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White Coins
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Expanding on themes present in Blood/Sugar, James Byrne refuses one defining aesthetic or mode of writing in his work, instead choosing to fluctuate between the lyric, experimental, confessional and the political. These are poems that explore aspects of childhood, social activism and satire. There are correspondences with existing texts; Philomela finds herself in Nazi-occupied Paris during the Second World War and the villanelle re-tracks Rimbaud through London. Elsewhere Byrne seeks to defy Robert Graves' notion that there is "no poetry in money", preferring to rally against issues of austerity and hierarchical power in society. White Coins rewards the reader with a nomadic poetry for the 21st century; one that mingles personal, social and historical spaces whilst celebrating, at all times, linguistic versatility and innovation.
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WHITE COINS
Published by Arc Publications
Nanholme Mill, Shaw Wood Road,
Todmorden OL14 6DA, UK
www.arcpublications.co.uk
Copyright Ā© James Byrne, 2015
Copyright in the present edition Ā© Arc Publications, 2015
Design by Tony Ward
978 1908376 47 3 (pbk)
978 1908376 49 7 (ebk)
978 1908376 48 0 (hbk)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author is grateful to the editors of the following magazines and websites in which some of these poems, or versions of these poems, first appeared: 3am, Agenda, archiveofthenow.org, Axon, Black Herald, Eyewear, International Times, The International Literary Quarterly, Litmus, Paris Lit. Up Magazine, Poetry Wales, Stand, The Nation and The North.
āPrimitive Cultureā consists of excerpts from a collaborative poem with Sandeep Parmar entitled āMyth of the Savage Tribes, Myth of Civilised Nationsā published in Island Magazine (Australia) and also in a jointly authored pamphlet with the same title (Oystercatcher Press, 2014). āSoapboxā was originally published as āSoapbox 4ā in Soapboxes, a pamphlet by Knives, Forks and Spoons Press (2014). A version of āOn the Ordinaryā was first published in The Wolf (30), as an editorial piece.
The author also wishes to thank the Arts Council England for giving him a grant to complete this book and John Wedgwood Clarke for his editorial suggestions on the manuscript.
Cover image:
āThe Last Soundā by Ibrahim El-Salahi, by kind permission of the artist.
From the private collection of Abdul Magid Breish.
Ā© Ibrahim El-Salahi. All rights reserved, DACS 2015
This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part of this book may take place without the written permission of Arc Publications.
Editor for the UK and Ireland
John W. Clarke
OTHER PUBLICATIONS BY THE AUTHOR:
Passages of Time (Flipped Eye, 2002)
Voice ...
Table of contents
- Historia
- Economies of the Living
- River Nocturnes
- Philomela in Paris
- Divorce Pending
- Primitive Culture
- The Boy
- Breakfast
- The Nook (exterior)
- Self Portrait
- Drink
- Summons
- Home
- Diagnosis Inc.
- Phrase & Fable
- The Pure Nation
- Pauperland
- Soapbox
- On the Ordinary
- Consultancy
- from Middlesex Hospital
- The Footage
- Foodstuffs
- All Mouth
- Rimbaud Villanelles
- Inside the House of Lu San
- Your Toad
- Playlist
- Notes
- Biographical Note