tuaca kelly, American poet + songwriter + Performance Artist
"Tuaca Kelly — Tilda Swinton-y even while performing as 'the entire cast of Star Trek' — seemed comfortable portraying everything from Queen Elizabeth to an 8-year-old nerd." — BackStage West
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A gentle reminder |
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a. I woke up breathing
b. I'm writing |
"Art isn't a luxury. It is an essential experience for mental health and a vital pathway for the human spirit to express the soul's wisdom, touch ephemeral empathy and connect with others." - Tuaca Kelly (she/her/femmeDaddy)
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AboutTuaca Kelly is an American poet, songwriter, and performance artist from San Francisco, California. She represents the Generation X as a fierce femmeDaddy. Inspired by the iconic leather daddies she encountered in her youth, as well as the enchanting world of Wonder Woman comics, Tuaca explores themes of love, intimacy, personal development, unbridled sensuality, and the transformative power of sacred sex. With a dictionary in hand, she fearlessly dives into these realms.
Unwanted Words 2nd Queer and Feminist Poetry Awards Nominee for Poet of the Year (2023), Tuaca lives and breathes the importance of poetry with the understanding it is not a luxury, but an essential experience for mental health and a vital pathway for the human spirit to express the soul's wisdom, touch ephemeral empathy and connect with others. Tuaca has performed and taught in North America and Europe. Based in Amsterdam, she/her/femmeDaddy is Queer AF, a thread in the LGBTQ+ tapestry, and a member of the mature conscientious consensual therapeutic sex-positive community. (link to the music sector.) |
Poetry performance/appearances |
Them kodak moments
Poetry moments
Woman of My Dreams: a poetry moment, by Tuaca Kelly ©2010
we fly as one
by Tuaca Kelly I’ve plucked each feather smashed my beak upon stone filed down my talons grew them back on my own spent all this time surmounting challenges of faith 144-days to be exact I know, I marked the date! when there was little food in the frozen river bed I thought of days to come and the Sun I See ahead they say Eagles fly together through life, always in pairs when you’ve also grown new feathers trust I will be there it maybe a few more winters until we take flight before you meet me in the sky let’s touch the moon tonight for the moon also has a halo and soars above the clouds reflecting Messages from the Heavens set-apart from the crowds who to better know an Eagle than another bird of prey with Vision to help All others and Wings to Guide The Way I’ve flown into the future with these new feathers that I’ve grown returning with ‘more than a glimpse’ where we fly as one |
Woman of My Dreams
by Tuaca Kelly Deep through the night answering the call my Soul came to your alter Woman of my dreams Found purpose at your bedside among women of reason Swaying to our music Woman of my dreams Kissing every mouth to taste only your lips Your Soul held me to the alter Woman of my dreams Your Soul held me to the alter Deep through the night I’ll hold you to your promise Woman of my dreams Mountain Wind
by Tuaca Kelly the wild mare with a name had me in her gaze electric was her mane shocking was her pace the only witness my chest began to pound my life began to tremble as she charged upon the ground fierce I stood watching the distance we once maintained shrink with every motion surely I’d be slain with a determined frown I pulled my shoulders bold all the while inside, ‘please, please’ my fingers becoming cold inches before my pale face her thuds ringing in my ears the rising dust made me cough erasing all my fears her pursuit came to sudden halt. there we both stood breathing reverent majesty I wonder how of all the moments the wild mare chose me |