Stacy Dyson’s BECAUSE THE SUN WOULD NOT MOVE is a fierce, lyrical reckoning with womanhood, age, and identity. Through rhythm, wit, and raw truth, Dyson speaks to the untold stories and unclaimed power of women who refuse to conform. This collection is a celebration of voice, survival, and the beauty of standing apart—strong, unyielding, and unapologetically whole.
BECAUSE THE SUN WOULD NOT MOVE continues Stacy Dyson’s exploration of the human spirit through poetry that bridges survival and song.
This new collection gives voice to the silenced, the aging, and the unseen—especially women of color—through a blend of performance poetry and prose reflections. Dyson’s poems are made to be heard, lived, and felt.
Her previous collections, Lovely and Suffering, Follow Me on This, and Tesoro, trace a lineage of resilience. This new book captures a “different voice, different choices”—her words arranged as they sound in her head, designed to reach the soul.
Women ages 40+, poets, spoken-word enthusiasts, Black creatives, educators, and literary activists who crave fierce, soulful poetry that honors lived experience and resilience.
Stacy Dyson is a poet, acapella vocalist, playwright specializing in the life and times of the Black woman. “Someone has to sing for my sisters. Their lives, loves, philosophy...I’m lucky enough to be one able to make those voices heard”.
She has done program design, residencies, workshops, and live performance all over the United States, and dozens of shows virtually. Author of 7 poetry collections, plus five CDs of poetry and spoken word, she is former Poet Laureate for Imagination Celebration (Colorado Springs) a nominee for Poet Laureate for the State of Colorado, Founder/Lead Poet of DragonsWing (Colorado Springs), CoFounder/Lead Poet for Page to Stage:Womens Words (San Diego), a Colorado Women’s Playwriting Festival winner for her play FANNIE’S GIRLS: A 4-1-1 IN 5- PART ATTITUDE, and a TEDx speaker.
A Literary Titan Book Award winner, she is preparing to launch a women’s writing/performance workshop series called FIRESCRIBE. She plans to tour with her newest collection BECAUSE THE SUN WOULD NOT MOVE, while continuing to build her international women’s poetry network TESORO “one firesinger at a time.”
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They cheat, they lie, they rape
Our souls, our minds,
And steal our gratitude
By any means necessary
Because we are Black and brown and women here
Simply guests who should work and suffer and shut up
If the pain is more than we were promised- (From GRATITUDE)
One day, una mariposa landed on the windows
A rose can talk to a butterfly right ?
I asked her to please find my father
So he can take me to where I find rest, breathe
Free air, feel the night sing gentle with the moon
Sometimes I do not think I have another season
I may never see mi papi again
The butterfly may never deliver my message
Why should she?
Butterflies only talk to flowers
And I am not a flower
I am just a little girl -(from SUPLICA A LOS VIENTOS )
And when every room smelled exactly right
when the house smelt proper as it should
she bid us all to Aunt Julie’s
told us to hasten and hold hands
said she’d send for Saide to fetch us
said not to tarry, to make sure we
weren't around and evident when it got dark
Used a voice I’d never heard before
like rusted iron and dagger-glass
was running in her veins- (from THEY’LL ASK WHY)
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Another book from my amazing Intensity!!! Can't wait to read it. Love your presentation here--it's perfection. Xo, Innocence
I’m excited to hold your latest publication in my hands, Stacy. Good luck with the campaign for funds. And heartfelt thanks for what you give to Tesoro and the support and confidence you have given to me.
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Signed book, plus a behind-the-scenes video
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Signed copy, 40-min private poetry coaching or conversation
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2 signed copies, 60 minute virtual performance plus q&a
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10 signed books, plus poetry workshop or reading for your group. ($1250 if in person reading or workshop)
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California or Colombia Writing Retreat (September 2026)
5-day immersive retreat with Stacy Dyson & Sierra Melcher.
Includes lodging, meals, transport (excl. airfare), creative sessions, and community.
Funds support book launch and audiobook recording.
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Live performance/workshop anywhere in the US
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on Feb. 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
So amazed by you. Can't wait for this.