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Becoming Who You Are. A Transgender Journey

by Katie Sheila Haigh

You are born in this world.

 

Born to a mother and father.

 

Born to be a son or a daughter.

 

The mould is set.

 

Your gender announced to the world.

 

Like permanent ink on a banner.

 

Its a boy! ,Its a girl!

 

Its a baby!

 

 

 

You learn to toddle.

 

Pretty pink delicate things,

 

Are given as gifts.

 

But you’d rather play...

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Thursday 12th January 2023 8:51 pm

transgender   poetry   poem   transformation   gender

For Granddad

by Katie Sheila Haigh

My Granddad passed away just before Christmas, this is for him.

 

Time whispers
Fleeting, it escapes us
You were a part of our world
A smile cemented
in childhood memories
You were a card playing companion
Intrigued by technology
And the new world it opened
I remember your CD player
You were proud as punch
As it was mounted on the wall
And opened with a wave
I remember Christmas ...

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Friday 10th January 2014 11:08 pm

remember   death   granddad   poem   poetry   tribute

Sonnet for Drummer Lee Rigby, posted on behalf of Robin Parker from Langley Writers

by Katie Sheila Haigh

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When soldiers travel as a fighting band,
Part of the risk is they might kill or die.
Back home in England’s green and pleasant land,
The sounds of battle are a far off cry.
Yet on the streets of London hatred sounds;
A young off duty soldier hacked to death.
Brave women out of kindness tend his wounds
And comfort him until his dying breath.
The ...

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Friday 14th June 2013 5:50 pm

poetry   soldier   Britain   tragedy   death   terrorism   England

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