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
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