"There was the jumping of souls, the frolicking of laughter, the restlessness of bodies, and finally, the quicksilver in every way," wrote Cervantes in his timeless description of the seguidilla.

In this original collection, Andy Brown pokes and prods the seguidilla's form with contemporary poems that range from serious to silly to introspective to irreverent. Along the way, he provokes and derepresses your senses, sometimes with nonsense, while teasing the distinctions between sacred and profane. Here's a taste:

I can't refuse you, spirit,

when your face says now,

agitated and aroused.

Truth is, I love how

you beckon me toward

a little something-something

whenever you're bored.