Bloodstream: Poems by Sarah Carey

Bloodstream: Poems

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Bloodstream: Poems by Sarah Carey

Mercer University Press

Bloodstream: Poems

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Carey's second full-length collection traces the arterial pathways of the poet's past, mapping the vital currents that pulse between memory, perception, and identity. Anchored in place yet mindful of time's fluidity, the poems in BLOODSTREAM traverse Carey's Southern roots in Florida and North Carolina, moving through Alaska and beyond as the poet cycles between past and present, faith and doubt, while exploring the power of language to illuminate such contrasts. The poems elegize lost loved ones, including pets, which serve as a lens through which to examine attachment, loss, and unconditional love. The poet reflects on broader natural ecosystems, including histories of specific flora and fauna, and her place within them. Whether investigating pigment structures, the nature of desire, or family heritage, Carey consistently contemplates language itself, asserting poetry's essential role in witnessing life's complexities while exploring how perception shapes consciousness and memory.
Book Details
Publisher:
Mercer University Press
ISBN:
9798897360130
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
80
Authors:
Sarah Carey
Published Date:
2026-02-03
Language:
English
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About Sarah Carey

Sarah Carey came to poetry from journalism. She edited the Gadsden County Times and reported for weeklies in the Florida Panhandle. She retired in May 2025 after thirty-five years as director of communications at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. A North Carolina native raised in Florida, she holds an MA in English with a concentration in creative writing from Florida State University. Her chapbooks are The Heart Contracts (Finishing Line Press, 2016) and Accommodations, winner of the 2018 Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award. The Grief Committee Minutes (Saint Julian Press, 2024), her first full-length collection, was a finalist for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Book Award; Bloodstream followed from Mercer University Press in 2026.

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