Tesoro
Firesingers, the first annual lyrical poetry collection from the Tesoro Collective, features powerful voices of women worldwide curated by Stacy Dyson.
Stacy Dyson
Stacy Dyson is a poet, acapella vocalist, 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 all sorts of places–Colorado, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, to name a few– 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.”
Author of seven collections of poetry (BLACK DIAMONDS, OBSIDIAN ICE, BLUES IN THE FIRST POSITION, WOMAN 724365, NEFERTIRI’S KISS, AND POR INNOCENCIO, and her latest, LOVELY AND SUFFERING, she has also created five CDs of poetry and spoken word.
“THE MADONNA OF NEVADA AVENUE, POR INNOCENCIO, A WOMAN BESIDE THE SUN, SO MANY ANGELS, and (Love Me) SAN DIEGO STYLE are poems, stories and music that “celebrate/document/declare what it is for me to be a Black woman in this world, what it is to be an artist, how myself and my sisters navigate our lives. No, that way is not easy. But it is often joyous , and always carries the sanity of truth”
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:Womens 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 they’re surrounded and supported by other women. I’ve heard stories, confessions,.. Those conversations, those places have to be given due honor. They have to continue.”
Her newest collections of poetry, LOVELY AND SUFFERING (available in bookstores now) and FOLLOW ME ON THIS (due for release in late August) focus on her life as a Black woman during the beginning of the pandemic, and her ten years living in San Diego.
Later this year, she’ll be writing a play about sisters and their relationships called AUGUST 5000. She’ll also be starting a new womens’ writing and performance workshop called FIRESCRIBE.
For further information on Stacy Dyson, her voice and vision:
Published Books by Stacy Dyson
Lovely and Suffering
Lovely and Suffering is a powerful poetry collection capturing resilience, truth, and lived experience as a Black woman in America during the pandemic.