A review by amortristis
Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Tiresias haunts this anthology.
I feel like Tempest sometimes gets a little carried away. They try to include every aspect of the Tiresias myth (childhood, womanhood, manhood, blinding, clairvoyance) in the poems about that figure, plus they get a bit lost in their admittedly enthralling rhythms. Basically, I think some of the poems overstay their welcome. But that’s okay.
I like “Tiresias” despite its flaws. I also like “Man down” and “The downside”
CONTENT WARNINGS: sexual content, some body horror, injury, war
I feel like Tempest sometimes gets a little carried away. They try to include every aspect of the Tiresias myth (childhood, womanhood, manhood, blinding, clairvoyance) in the poems about that figure, plus they get a bit lost in their admittedly enthralling rhythms. Basically, I think some of the poems overstay their welcome. But that’s okay.
I like “Tiresias” despite its flaws. I also like “Man down” and “The downside”
CONTENT WARNINGS: sexual content, some body horror, injury, war