2014 September : Beau Sia

steve cannon’s book

  Posted on September 15, 2014 at 6:15 pm


for those of you who don’t know, steve has nurtured and helped so many new york poets on their journey. for poets who get up on stage and aren’t afraid of history, steve is someone to be respected and seek counsel with. as part of the nuyorican poet’s cafe mythology, steve spent many years “heckling,” everyone on stage from the bar, yelling at them to, “finish the damn poem!” including myself. visiting him in new york, he asked for a copy of my book. I replied in some teenage way, like, “no doi.” after several emails and months, I have yet to send steve his copy. Wondering what my hang up has been, I realized there’s no fucking way I’m sending steve my book if someone else is going to read it to him. I neglected to mention that steve is blind. and my book has yet to exist in braille. and steve knows from my nuyorican days that there isn’t another human alive who can replicate the vocal representation of my poetry. I respect this man and want him to receive my work the way it’s intended. there are tones other readers do not know I’ve written into the poems. there are reciters who are unaware of the emotional projections their voice places on the text. there are poets who can’t allow in what they haven’t been trained to. so I’ve decided to audiobook my book for steve. not as an item to sell. as a series of simple videos for steve to listen to when he misses his second favorite asian poet. I’m writing about it here so that I’ll actually do it before 2015. this will be the other youtubey thing I drop next week. looking forward to your thoughts steve. will send your signed copy after I finish this audio project for ya.

marc parker

  Posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:07 pm


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we used to write about love during class,
while teachers demanded theorems we could prove.

we used to go to the open mic and write
while poets spilled their pain on stage.

we used to claim our greatness in every 5th word,
while insignificant in the high school halls.

two loners filled with passion for the code,
building each other up more than our craft.

how did oklahoma bring us together?
how did we choose each other in the lines of juevenile?
how did a need-in-time become a lifelong friendship?

you gave me confidence before anyone swooned.
you taught me how we never force magic.
you inspired me to become the dream we held.

you listened beyond my presentations.
you’ve listened through all my tornado metaphors.
you listen even when the words
are selfish and lost and difficult
to embrace at 3am.

your gifts have grown beyond your genius.
your writing is the tip of your iceberg.
your life expands mine in ways
that never make the resume.

thank you for patience when I was
consumed in fantasy snapshots.

thank you for understanding
when judgment surrounded me on every stage.

thank you for giving me
what only the rest of my life
can honor.

few know how you
are why I can write this poem
in sitting.

how you are why I am able to comprehend
text that boggles shorter history.

how you are the one
who fed me during all the doubt
that kills most dreamers
before senior year.

no longer about the dream we sell,
our relationship
follows no course set by commerce.

your friendship
worth more than my accolades,
including the tony.

no statue has ever carried me
through such difficult depressions.

thank you for being the example
inspiring my depth.

thank you for always being
a true friend.

and let me add, publicly,
and only once,
you write better than I do.

and so it begins

  Posted on September 11, 2014 at 11:59 pm


Welcome to the re-designed beausia.com! Thank you for making the time to visit. I am very excited to have this space to start manifesting what I’ve been working on internally for the last decade. And for the first time since I established the original Beau Sia website in 2000, I will be updating regularly! That means a new poem every Tuesday, a new Thank You post every Sunday, and other new posts throughout the week, as appropriate to the unfolding of this process. Much thanks to Katie, Daniel, and Jan for all their help in making this possible, and super thankful for all the folks who came to my aid and sent me really moving testimonials of my work and performance. Enjoy your stay. Come back soon.

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