Comments on: Poetry! http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/12/01/poetry/ FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: MK http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/12/01/poetry/#comment-4105 MK Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:14:44 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1677#comment-4105 I love Jillian Weise. Her collection of poems, "The Amputees Guide to Sex" is pretty much what it sounds like, a discussion of disability (she had a leg amputated when she was 11) relating to her own sexual activity and identity. You can read most of the book on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=gzf5bu6u9xIC). from the poem "I Want You to Know This": He's afraid to hold my hand because he thinks it might throw me off balance. Hand-holding doesn't throw me off balance. I wanted you to know this, because maybe you wondered about people with fake legs; maybe you wanted to hold their hand but you didn't because you thought you might trip. I love Jillian Weise. Her collection of poems, “The Amputees Guide to Sex” is pretty much what it sounds like, a discussion of disability (she had a leg amputated when she was 11) relating to her own sexual activity and identity. You can read most of the book on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=gzf5bu6u9xIC).

from the poem “I Want You to Know This”:

He’s afraid to hold my hand because he thinks
it might throw me off balance. Hand-holding
doesn’t throw me off balance.
I wanted you to know this, because maybe you
wondered about people with fake legs; maybe
you wanted to hold their hand but you didn’t
because you thought you might trip.

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