Sweet, Young, & Worried
Spoken word poetry asks for something quite rare among contemporary poets: a willingness to crawl out of the writing cave to stand on stage and perform. Fearless Blythe Baird creates her written work teeming with sound and rhythm, earning her performances international acclaim and a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Spoken Word.
COME HOME, STOCKHOLM
oh, how humbling
it is to know:the body
I threw stones atis the same
body who isstill determined
to writelove letters
to me.
Reviewed by
Matt Sutherland
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