Brand New Ancients

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Mostly, in that it does not live up to its premise of finding the godlike in quotidian contemporary life. I didn't want to read a story/poem about the intertwining fates of people trying to people and people trying to be monsters.

Kae Tempest is one of the most exciting and innovative performers to have emerged in spoken-word poetry in many years; their dramatic poem Brand New Ancients won the prestigious Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. I have bought her play "Wasted" which is also brilliant and I'm waiting for the new album which I have already heard so much of on Radio 6. One thing I noticed it that some of the wording on the audio differs from the printed version, and in most cases the words used on the audio are better. I read this out loud in its entirety (sitting outside on the porch, lying on a bed, waiting for the potatoes to boil in the kitchen, sitting on the couch after dinner), and parts of the poem made me raise my voice and speed up, unintentionally. I first came across Kate Tempest’s poetry in 2018, when I bought her collection Running Upon the Wires on a whim.Leggerlo in inglese dà un valore aggiunto, permette di carpire tutta la musicalità del testo originale; bella la storia delle persone comuni come noi, che ricordano le antiche divinità. The long poem chronicles the story of two families in south London and explores everyday heroism, family life, working-class life, the human condition, and myth. Un'umanità, quella di Tempest, primordiale e barbara che ha forti legami con l'arcaico e con l'antichità. Tempest uses rhythm, rhymes, different lyrical styles (including rap) and other stylistic devices to great effect. effective - speedy and punchy; at others, it seemed to me, it's lazy, and the contents a bit preachy.

It’s truly impressive how much story and characterization get packed into such a small number of pages. I've never, in some seriousness, felt the absence of international socialism, or failing that just some vision or abstraction or sense of possibility, more.

I really like Greek Mythology and loved how Kate played around with it, finding examples of ancient God’s in everyday people. Her poetry flows in a way that translates to the page extremely well but works even better when spoken aloud (as the poem should be, the title page advises). I do not generally seek out poetry as a genre but if this is what I have been missing, I need to find more. This studio production of her acclaimed stage show captures her unique blend of street poetry, rap and storytelling.