Some more video love for spoken word artist Beau Sia... here's a clip of him performing on Def Poetry Jam: Beau Sia - Def Poetry Jam. The guy is an asskicking wordsmith.

Speaking of poets, Queens is looking for a new poet laureate: What Rhymes With Queens? The amazing Ishle Yi Park became the borough's poet laureate in 2004 (beating out Run-DMC's Reverend Run!), making us all pretty damn proud.