Exploration of a poem: How To Make Love To A Trans Person

[kaberett]

One: I am trans and I am disabled. For me, intimacy often has physical aspects: lightgetsin wrote an excellent essay on some of these intersections, last year, entitled Do I Do It For You? Service kink and disability, on some of the ways in which disability can encourage or compel physical - and emotional - intimacy.

Two: when we talk about intimacy, about trust, we often frame it in terms of the physical. In terms of romance, yes: we fall in and out of love, and making that fall physical is only a little stretch; but also in terms of closeness, as Simon Armitage's Homecoming: Think, two things on their own and both at once/The first, that exercise in trust, where those in front/stand with their arms spread wide and free-fall/backwards, blind, and those behind take all the weight...

These are my two things, each on their own and both at once. These are what I carry with me when I offer you this poem.

For more about this poem - in origin terms - please see Gabe Moses' website, and his reading of the poem.

( How To Make Love To A Trans Person, Gabe Moses [explicit; detailed discussion of surgery] )

Climbing the Poet's Tree: Challenges #34 - 36

[poetree_admin]

jjhunter

As part of our efforts to encourage and support more poetry collaborations for Pod Together 2013, poetree is issuing three special tie-in challenges. Note that as Challenges #35 and 36 are significantly more ambitious than usual, the corresponding prizes are significantly more substantial.

For Everyone
Sign up to write or record poetry for Pod Together 2013 by June 22nd (signup deadline).

Of those who comment on this post with a link to their signup at pod_together by the June 22nd deadline, the following day one person will be randomly chosen as the winner. ( Prize options )

For Writers
Draft a poem or poem series of 1,000+ total words for pod_together by July 20th (day prior to check in #2).

Of those who comment to that effect on this post by July 20th, the following day one writer or writer group will be randomly selected as the winner. ( Prize options )

For Performers
Finalize your audio recording of part or all of a poem or poem series for pod_together by August 15th (audio files due).

Of those who comment to that effect on this post by August 15th, the following day one performer or performer group will be randomly selected as the winner. ( Prize options )