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A review by kylakahrin
Sweet, Young, & Worried by Blythe Baird
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
5.0
“It is one thing to want help and another to have the language to ask for it.”
I first heard Blythe Baird’s poetry through the Button Poetry youtube channel nearly 10 years ago. I bought her previously published poetry collection, If My Body Could Speak, as soon as it hit shelves back in 2019 and have read it many times over the last three years. I am so honored and grateful to have gotten an eARC of this newest collection of her work.
As I expected it to, Blythe’s writing hits me like watching old home videos. I am, thankfully, not in the depth of my mental health struggles like I was when I first found Blythe’s spoken word. Still, her words resonate with a part of me that will only ever hibernate and never fully retire. My favorite pieces in Sweet, Young, and Worried were “This Must Be Enough” and “Guilt Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Growing up with her poetry and reading it again now has made me appreciate and grieve the years I spent in the same boat as her. It’s heavy and hard to swallow but it’s real and it’s important. Massive TW for eating disorders, self harm, suicide and suicidal ideation, and abortion.
5⭐️
Thank you Netgalley and Button Poetry for the eARC!
I first heard Blythe Baird’s poetry through the Button Poetry youtube channel nearly 10 years ago. I bought her previously published poetry collection, If My Body Could Speak, as soon as it hit shelves back in 2019 and have read it many times over the last three years. I am so honored and grateful to have gotten an eARC of this newest collection of her work.
As I expected it to, Blythe’s writing hits me like watching old home videos. I am, thankfully, not in the depth of my mental health struggles like I was when I first found Blythe’s spoken word. Still, her words resonate with a part of me that will only ever hibernate and never fully retire. My favorite pieces in Sweet, Young, and Worried were “This Must Be Enough” and “Guilt Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Growing up with her poetry and reading it again now has made me appreciate and grieve the years I spent in the same boat as her. It’s heavy and hard to swallow but it’s real and it’s important. Massive TW for eating disorders, self harm, suicide and suicidal ideation, and abortion.
5⭐️
Thank you Netgalley and Button Poetry for the eARC!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Self harm