Lovely and Suffering

by Stacy Dyson

Overview

Brevity being the soul of wit, let's be brief.

You. Need. To. Read. These. Poems.

Period.

Journeys and memoirs and adventures shape every path and portent of our lives. For the most part, they speak to a singular audience, a singular experience. Not this time.

The whole world lived through, is still living through a pandemic. Living through the firebomb of politics and policies that highlighted secrets and things left unsaid for far too long.

LOVELY AND SUFFERING is this year in poems that sing, shout, celebrate living through this time and trial as a Black woman in America.

Defiance and definition, betrayal and broken hearts, sass and solidarity.

The poems are uniquely personal, but the frustration, soul-cries, and definition of self are not.

Read the poems.

Cry if you need to.

Laugh and shake your head.

Let that burning in your heart ease a little, or start a fire of truth in your own belief and perception.

So, against all tradition, I'm going to say I KNOW THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.

It belongs to the you who came through the pandemic, who's still living with an ongoing process, the you who wanted to ask questions or needed validation for the way you've survived all these years.

You may be horrified and fascinated, disturbed or jubilant, entertained, mystified, enlightened...or all of the above. It won't matter, as long as you read and think. Read and feel. Read and embrace a full year's journey and the revelations thereof.

This time, more than any other, requires you to be brave and bold. To say, to sing your heart-work, your spirit-songs. Let this collection be your primer.

Open your hand to buy LOVELY AND SUFFERING.

Then open your soul, and watch what happens. The change will come forth in praise or pain, in recognition or release. But the change is definitely "gonna come."

ORDER LOVELY AND SUFFERING NOW!

And please, share thoughts, comments, journeys of your own. Because we are truly in this one together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781955683012
Publisher:	Red Thread Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/25/2021
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Stacy Dyson is a poet, acapella vocalist, a playwright who specializes in the life and times of the Black woman. "Someone has to sing for my sisters. Their lives, loves, philosophy...There are centuries of stories begging to be told. I'm lucky enough to be one able to make those voices be heard".

Ms Dyson has done program design, residencies, workshops, and live performances in Colorado, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, and all over San Diego. "But the stage is my natural habitat. It's fine to tell your stories, but for me, unless I can vibe, interact with a crowd, my job is only half-done."

A former Poet Laureate for Imagination Celebration (Colorado Springs) a nominee for Poet Laureate for the State of Colorado. Founder/Lead Poet DragonsWing (Colorado Springs) and CoFounder/Lead Poet for Page to Stage: Women's Words (San Diego) she is also a Pikes Peak Community Foundation Individual Merit Award recipient, a Colorado Women's Playwriting Festival winner for her play FANNIE'S GIRLS: A 4-1-1 IN -5PART ATTITUDE, and a TEDx speaker.
"It's never, ever about my single voice. So, the shows and women's workshops are extremely important to me. Especially now, our lives literally depend on knowing how to speak our truth, share our stories, bring thunder and healing with our voices. The workshops are women only because women will say and bring forth deeper parts of their souls when surrounded and supported by other women. I've heard stories, confessions, etc...
Those conversations, those places have to be given due honour. They have to continue."

Currently, Stacy is promoting her newest collection of poetry FOLLOW ME ON THIS. In the Spring of 2021, she'll release a collection of poems written during the pandemic titled LOVELY AND SUFFERING. Coming soon is AUGUST 5000, a play about sisters and their relationship, plus a new women's writing/performance workshop called FIRESCRIBE.

For further information on Stacy Dyson, her voice and vision:
www.saintwinterraines.webs.com www.wickedhotwords.com

Table of Contents

POEM ORDER

1. IN THE BEGINNING
2. DEFINITIVE
3. PLEASE STOP
4. RISING (LYRIC ONE)
5. AN OLD WISDOM
6. LAST CALL
7. RISING (LYRIC TWO)
8. TRUTH.STRAIGHT
9. NEGOTIATIONS
10. LOVELY AND SUFFERING
11. SOME STORY
12. IN-PLACE
13. QUIETED SOUL
14. NIGHTMARE FOR A SUNNY DAY
15. KAREN YOUR MAMMY DONE LEFT THE BUILDING -PART 1 (FOR BRENDA AGUIRRE)
16. HOMAGE
17. AUGUST 14:41
18. BREONNA'S SONG (LYRIC I)
19. RECLAIMING OUR TIME (FOR RED MEDUSA)
20. JE T'AIME
21. 100 (FOR STACEY ABRAMS)
22. A LITTLE LYRIC (FOR YEMAYA)
23. KAREN YOUR MAMMY DONE LEFT THE BUILDING-PART 2 (STILL FOR BRENDA AGUIRRE)
24. BALLAD FOR MARISSA AND MIZ PALMER (AND ALL THE REST)
25. LESSON IN LYRIC AND LIES
26. MAMSELLE DES NEIGES (FOR NATE ABAUERRA)
27. BREONNA'S SONG (LYRIC II)
28. KAREN YOUR MAMMY DONE LEFT THE BUILDING-FINI (YES, FOR BRENDA AGUIRRE)
29. LATHER UP!
30. LOCKED IN
31. DIRECTIVE
32. FOR TRAYVON MARTIN (AND ALL OF US)
33. THE WORST OF TIMES
34. WHERE WERE YOU?
35. CERTAIN MAGIC
36. ESTA TERMINADO

Editorial Reviews

If you believe in the power of poetry to move people and start revolutions, check out my dear friend Stacy Ardis Dyson. She's a powerhouse! Beautiful words, beautiful soul, beautiful friend. - Rob Williams, Assistant Professor of English at Skyline College -

Your poetry is like thunder and lightning and all that it's like to be a woman. Thank you for sharing your soul in words. - Mytrae Meliana, author of BROWN SKIN GIRL -

Her commitment to the evolution of literary scholarship is a marvel in and of itself. She pushes boundaries, dares to speak the unspoken, and never ceases to create anew. Of all my living poetic heroines, Ms. Dyson is unparalleled.

- Kyla Rae Walstad, Social Tribe Media & Marketing -

One of my personal poet-hero-warrior women. Thank you, Stacy, for helping me remember why I breathe. - Marie Jenna, Page to Stage: Women's Words -

She is meticulous, well-versed in the flow and construction of poetry that carries a distinct message and stands as an excellent example of African-American expression of how the community, in particular women, negotiate a society and a world that does not always accord them respect and place. - Rebecca Romani. editor, freelance writer/producer, curator -

She shines like the sun. I never seen anyone ever hustle poetry like her. To listen to her is bliss to your ears and soothing to the mind and the soul. To learn from her is a blessing. - Jodi Allen, vocalist -

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