Publisher est. 2016
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Sean Wai Kung

 

Sean Wai Keung has been making poems and performances for over five years.

His writing interests include identity, food, retail, and the internet. He lives in Glasgow. His debut poetry pamphlet you are mistaken won the inaugural Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition 2016.

In 2018 he published how to cook with Speculative Books. A poetry pamphlet about food.

How to cook was illustrated by Mhairi McGinlay.

On ‘International Happiness Day’ 2020, Sean returned with his second Spec Books Collection ‘be happy’

“at a time in which we are redefining how to speak about race, gender and class, wai keung’s inquisitive voice is a valuable addition to contemporary poetry” - jessica traynor

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health + safety information 1

o this dont worry about it i mean i cant 
remember i think i was too excited or 
something all i know is that a couple of 
years ago i lifted my bowl of ramen broth 
to my mouth + i slipped or maybe it was 
cold in my room + my hands were a little 
numb or something but either way 
somehow i ended up dropping it + fucking 
hell it burned i mean it really really burned 
even though i was wearing a shirt at the 
time but still you dont think about it 
sometimes do you the dangers in the 
obvious you kind of trust yourself to 
mostly have internalised those sort of 
threats but trust me all it takes is one 
moment of mis-co-ordination + you too 
could have burn marks for years

the chinese

his hair is in the noodles
his eyes are in the wok
his nose is in the soy
his ears are in the extractor fan 
his lips are in the prawn crackers 
his tongue is in the chicken
his neck is in the phoneline 
his throat is in the cleaver
his chest is in the name
his heart is in the fish tank 
his lungs are in the back alley 
his nipples are in the fryer
his stomach is in the tupperware 
his back is in the freezer
his arms are in the msg
his hands are in the curry sauce 
his fingers are in the rice
his balls are in the sink
his legs are in the chair
his feet are in the pans