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    Sweet, Young, & Worried
    Sweet, Young, & Worried
    Sweet, Young, & Worried
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    Sweet, Young, & Worried

    By Blythe Baird

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    • Personal Growth

    • Love

    • Poetry

    • Identity

    • Emotions

    • Coming of Age

    • Coming Out

    • Power of Friendship

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Hero's Journey

    • Power of Love

    • Chosen One

    • Star-Crossed Lovers

    • Time Travel

    • Haunted Protagonist

    • Family

    • Friendship

    • Mental Health

    • Family Relationships

    • Self-Discovery

    About this ebook

    Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird
    Following her widely successful debut, Baird wastes no time as she reels in her reader with breathtaking imagery and punching narratives. With expert precision and vulnerability, Baird guides us on an expedition embracing queerness, love, loss, mental health, feminism & healing along the way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherButton Poetry
    Release dateNov 29, 2022
    ISBN9781638340577
    Sweet, Young, & Worried
    Author

    Blythe Baird

    At only 25 years old, Blythe Baird is already one of the most recognizable and acclaimed names in spoken word poetry. Originally from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, the viral writer has garnered international recognition for her stunning performance pieces that speak urgently and honestly about sexual assault, mental illness, eating disorder recovery, sexuality, and healing from trauma. Baird graduated from Hamline University in 2018 with a dual degree in creative writing and women’s studies. In 2020, she became the recipient of the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Spoken Word.

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      Book preview

      Sweet, Young, & Worried - Blythe Baird

      S W E E T , Y O U N G ,

      & W O R R I E D

      poems by Blythe Baird

      Button Publishing Inc.

      Minneapolis

      2022

      SWEET, YOUNG,

      & WORRIED

      © 2022 by Blythe Baird

      Published by Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press

      Minneapolis, MN 55403 | http://www.buttonpoetry.com

      All Rights Reserved

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Cover design: Talisa Almonte

      ISBN 978-1-63834-049-2

      eISBN 978-1-63834-057-7

      26 25 24 23 22 1 2 3 4 5

      "Sweet, Young, & Worried immediately captures the reader and

      does not let us go lightly. With great control, Baird ushers us

      through the landscape of youth and suffering with her usual

      palpable imagery and haunting narratives. This book is a

      homecoming of sorts; it brings us back to ourselves."

      —SIERRA DEMULDER

      CONTENTS

      i. TO BECOME AN EMERGENCY

      In the Shape of a Poem

      Sad Girls Club

      The Nights I Felt Iridescent

      What a Body Inherits

      Blow Pop Diet

      How to Become a Disney Channel Original Star

      Cast List

      Multicolored Pills

      Code T14.91

      Hospital High School

      The Scale Was the Last to Go

      Come Home, Stockholm

      Skinny Girl Mirage

      I Promise

      Guilty Bystander

      Dress Rehearsal

      What if I Cared for My Body

      ii. SPLINTERS OF IMPROVEMENT

      This Must Be Enough

      Guilt Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

      What to Expect when You Are Not

      The Algorithm

      Hologram of a Nursery

      Nightmare in which Planned Parenthood Operates Off of My Dining Room Table

      What Would It Look Like if You Forgave Yourself?

      Telephone

      Show and Tell

      Taking My Mother to a Gay Bar

      Sleepover in a Diorama

      A Sign She Is Trying

      iii. A PLACE WE HAVEN’T BEEN TO YET

      Dome of Butterflies

      Gem and I

      Garden of Poetry

      To Love an Artist

      Belle of the Rave

      My Power

      Endling

      The Most Useless Emotion

      After the Poetry Slam Is Over

      To Devour a Sky

      Acknowledgements

      Birthchart

      About The Author

      A Note on Poetry E-Books

      You are reading a poetry e-book, which, based on the settings of your device, can result in significant changes to the original formatting as intended by

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