Most of the time the simple words and rhymes work well. Let it be catching. One cannot but notice that Tempest has a way with words. Best book I've read so far this year. With a world tour in the works, Tempest acknowledges the challenge of turning "We've been booked for several European festivals off the strength of our last time out on tour, which was more upbeat and musically-driven," Tempest admits. "Rappers like Ghetts from the UK are inspiring new generations of rappers who don't know what inspired Ghetts," she says. or. So hold your breath deep on a freezing taste the soul friendship, No just the movements over a stranger. She names "People's Faces" as the song she's most proud of on "It's basically a daily thing in my life being blown away by how beautiful people are," Tempest admits. Sometimes it just felt too easy and juvenile. "A spoken word poet, musician, novelist, and playwright all in one, Tempest is to the written what Robert Redford is to the cinema. But this collection is strong.I am not sure if I should give it three or four stars. Her first two albums received Mercury Prize nominations, her poetry led to the Ted Hughes Award, and her first novel topped the Times' bestseller list. I published it in my own self-published collection, way back in like 2015 or earlier. or. Such turmoil results in real-world consequences: "But total existence needs meaning and myth / Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist / Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness. She managed to voice what I'm sure are feelings many of us have experienced with a universality and simplicity I wish I could accomplish myself.This book of poetry blew me away. One cannot but notice that Tempest has a way with words. I smiled throughout and on occasion I cried. "Susanne Kord gets to the heart of the philosophical issues in Terry Gilliam's 1995 time-travel dystopia, Chicago's the Devonns pay tribute the soul heritage of their city with enough personality to not sound just like a replica.
"I definitely feel that my debt to hip-hop is huge," Tempest recognizes. Published At all.I've known Kate Tempest from youtube through her spoken poetry. hold your own. 21 likes. We invite you to participate and to help us accelerate our collective understanding of what might be, what is emerging and what must change, both in us and in the Human Story.
Hold your lovers, Hold their hands, Hold their breasts in your hands like your hands were their bras, Hold their cheeks in your palms like a prayer, Hold them all night and feel them hold back, Don’t hold back, Hold your own. Maybe it's just because I don't read a lot of poetry, but these seemeI heard about Kate Tempest from one of Jen Campbell's videos, and loved her epic poem "Brand New Ancients" so was glad to pick up this new (new in the US, anyway) collection. Ten years later they are a published playwright, novelist, poet and respected recording artist.
Their debut novel, The Bricks That Built The Houses, sold in a highly competitive auction to Bloomsbury and was published in territories including the UK, US, France, Holland and Brazil in Spring 2015. But this poetry collection is so layered and intricate and I connected with this in a way that I rarely do with books, let alone poetry. Kate Tempest performs a version of “Hold Your Own”, as part of our #AloneTogether series Jump to. Kate Tempest. Hold your own.
I have read very little poetry and it's not always the easiest thing for me. Based on the myth of the blind prophet Tiresias, Hold Your Own is a riveting tale of youth and experience, sex and love, wealth and poverty, community and alienation.
Press alt + / to open this menu. Like “The world is a terrible place for sensitive people but the closer we come to losing our minds, the harder we’ll work to keep them.” ― Kate Tempest, Hold Your Own. Join. Earlier collection of poetry than Let Them Eat Chaos, which I read as a first. The first poem is incredible and the rest of the collection is split into four parts. Kate Tempest's voice spoke, or rather screamed, right into my heart. And then couldn't put it down. I'd been doing it at gigs, and it usually went down quite well. Hold Your Own is a sharp book of poems inspired by the myth of the prophet Tiresias, who lived as a man, then woman, then man again, before being struck blind by Hera and then given the gift of prophecy by Zeus.
"I definitely feel that my debt to hip-hop is huge," Tempest recognizes. Published At all.I've known Kate Tempest from youtube through her spoken poetry. hold your own. 21 likes. We invite you to participate and to help us accelerate our collective understanding of what might be, what is emerging and what must change, both in us and in the Human Story.
Hold your lovers, Hold their hands, Hold their breasts in your hands like your hands were their bras, Hold their cheeks in your palms like a prayer, Hold them all night and feel them hold back, Don’t hold back, Hold your own. Maybe it's just because I don't read a lot of poetry, but these seemeI heard about Kate Tempest from one of Jen Campbell's videos, and loved her epic poem "Brand New Ancients" so was glad to pick up this new (new in the US, anyway) collection. Ten years later they are a published playwright, novelist, poet and respected recording artist.
Their debut novel, The Bricks That Built The Houses, sold in a highly competitive auction to Bloomsbury and was published in territories including the UK, US, France, Holland and Brazil in Spring 2015. But this poetry collection is so layered and intricate and I connected with this in a way that I rarely do with books, let alone poetry. Kate Tempest performs a version of “Hold Your Own”, as part of our #AloneTogether series Jump to. Kate Tempest. Hold your own.
I have read very little poetry and it's not always the easiest thing for me. Based on the myth of the blind prophet Tiresias, Hold Your Own is a riveting tale of youth and experience, sex and love, wealth and poverty, community and alienation.
Press alt + / to open this menu. Like “The world is a terrible place for sensitive people but the closer we come to losing our minds, the harder we’ll work to keep them.” ― Kate Tempest, Hold Your Own. Join. Earlier collection of poetry than Let Them Eat Chaos, which I read as a first. The first poem is incredible and the rest of the collection is split into four parts. Kate Tempest's voice spoke, or rather screamed, right into my heart. And then couldn't put it down. I'd been doing it at gigs, and it usually went down quite well. Hold Your Own is a sharp book of poems inspired by the myth of the prophet Tiresias, who lived as a man, then woman, then man again, before being struck blind by Hera and then given the gift of prophecy by Zeus.