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Trust Fall
Trust Fall is an exhalation of loss; a lean into frailty and bodily abandon. In the language of stomach and synapse, Gee maps a path towards accepting unwellness.
These poems interrogate the role masculinity, capital and love can play when imposed upon by chronic illness. As each new movement writhes with pain, is abject with grief, it also sings of a deeper beauty to be found in being loved at one's most vulnerable.
William Gee is a poet from the West Country who lives with and writes about chronic illness. His debut pamphlet Rheuma (Bad Betty Press, 2020) was selected as the Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice for Winter 2020, and his work has appeared widely in publications including Poetry London and Tentacular and on BBC Radio 4.
These poems interrogate the role masculinity, capital and love can play when imposed upon by chronic illness. As each new movement writhes with pain, is abject with grief, it also sings of a deeper beauty to be found in being loved at one's most vulnerable.
William Gee is a poet from the West Country who lives with and writes about chronic illness. His debut pamphlet Rheuma (Bad Betty Press, 2020) was selected as the Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice for Winter 2020, and his work has appeared widely in publications including Poetry London and Tentacular and on BBC Radio 4.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 23, 2023
About the author
William Gee
12 books10 followersAuthor of VOICE and presently working on the sequel: ADAM of TARAKK.
Typically writing hard science fiction infused with elements of adventure and horror.
Decades working in cutting-edge STEM roles enhance the realism of William's writing to provide compelling glimpses of possible futures; be they dystopian or utopian. Selling even one paperback makes me inordinately happy!
Read my work for free on Kindle Unlimited:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0918S9P3J
Typically writing hard science fiction infused with elements of adventure and horror.
Decades working in cutting-edge STEM roles enhance the realism of William's writing to provide compelling glimpses of possible futures; be they dystopian or utopian. Selling even one paperback makes me inordinately happy!
Read my work for free on Kindle Unlimited:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0918S9P3J
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September 19, 2023
Some of the best poetry on illness I’ve ever read
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