AHHHHHH! It’s finally summer, at least in Brooklyn — Thankfully 🙂 Lots of dope events in JUN09 including the NYC Vigil for Laura Ling & Euna Lee, Verbal Lift up in Nyack, NYC Sulu Series APIA Spoken Word Summit Fundraiser, and Brooklyn Honors Spike Lee —
Exciting gigs for JUL09 that’ll take me across the country include the Campus Progress National Conference in DC with Staceyann Chin, Bill Clinton, Van Jones, Nancy Pelosi, John Oliver from “The Daily Show” and more, Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival in Chicago, and Reflection out in Los Angeles!
On the drop list for this month:
-NEW VID “today” originally commissioned/broadcast for MTV Iggy. Directed by Billy Pena. Styling by Elissa French. Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J53cNt6eMFg!
-FAB NEW IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW with Jason Lee of Turtlist Media — Check out the interview here: http://turtlist media.com/spoke nword.html!
-NEW VID’S IN DRUNKEN BOAT’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE celebrating 100 poets and 10 years in print. Never released before videos of “Wai-Puo” & “Letter To Lauryn Hill” in DB’s Visual Poetics Folio: http://drunkenboat.com/db10/10vis/tsai.html!
-As always, to book a show/workshop/poetry slam for my 2009-2010 MOVE THIS EARTH SPOKEN WORD TOUR, hit up my manager Jill Aguado at booking@yellowgurl.com!
Enjoying gettin’ even more golden brown-skinn-ded —
Kelly 🙂
YELLOWGURL EVENTS JUL09- For more details, check out: http://www.yellowgurl.com/ category/calendar/
NEW HAVEN, CT: WED. JUL 1: Summer Exploration, Private Performance, (http://www.explo.org).
WASHINGTON DC: WED. JUL 8: Campus Progress National Conference with Van Jones, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and more, 9:25 AM-9:40 AM, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2400 Calvert St. NW, Free, (http://www.campusprogress.org).
CHICAGO, IL: WED. JUL 15: Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival, Workshop, 10:15 AM-11:30 AM, 11:45 AM-1:00 PM, Columbia College, 33 E. Congress & 623 S. Wabash. For location and time confirmation, register at BNV Check-In on July 14th, (http://www.bravenewvoices.org).
CHICAGO, IL: WED. JUL 15: Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival, People’s Championship, 10:00 PM-12:00 AM, Location TBA – Check your BNV program guide at Opening Ceremonies! (http://www.bravenewvoices.org).
NEW HAVEN, CT: WED. JUL 22: Summer Exploration, Private Performance, (http://www.explo.org).
SANTA MONICA, CA: WED. JUL 29: Reflection, Zanzibar, 1301 5th St., 9:00 PM, $7, 21+ (http://www.myspace.com/joshuasilverstein).
YELLOWGURL POEM JUL09 — As always feel free to fwd! Blessings, Kells 🙂
princess charming
by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
i ride the white horse
i scale the locked tower
i vanquish the dragon
i am propelled by your love
i dissolve the witch in midspell
i marshall the oddball ragtag rescue team
i am propelled by your love
i set fires to the enemy camp
i expel goblins from their foxholes
i am killed and brought back to life by a magical elixir
i am propelled by your love
you wait for me
anticipating the divide between my lips
you believe my emancipation
will free you completely
you are ready to leave this place
and the demon that guards your door
you send carrier pigeons to find me
bright red string tied to their claws –
in cramped script, your crib sheet reads:
love, love, never forget love
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