Kate Tempest’s Brand New Ancients won the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry.
“Just as in her narrative, the ordinary is lifted into the extraordinary; score, writing, band and voice come together to create a package that never makes you question why you aren’t just reading or listening to this. That’s because Tempest, fierce and shy in the same moment, is such a genuinely galvanising presence and acutely responsive to her audience. It matters that we are there; it matters that these stories are told. It matters that we listen.” from the Guardian review by Lyn Gardner.
Part 1 is the performance piece I would like you to watch. (The other parts of the poem are less relevant to the course, and somewhat violent in nature.)
Also by Kate Tempest, check out Icarus