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Woman
by Jay Rose Ana
A poetic journey into gender transition
Episodes
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Whispers in the Wind // Spoken Word // Poem
Original poem about the calmness of the forest, written at a time when I was feeling low, and yearned for some inner peace. ► SOCIAL MEDIA • tiktok ➭ https://www.tiktok.com/@jayroseana • pinterest ➭ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/jayroseana/ • twitter ➭ https://twitter.com/jayroseana/
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Dying Light
An original spoken word poem about losing someone you love. DYING LIGHT I need to stay, let me look upon you, And see your smile, as you rest in this place. Your place is ready, and soon you must leave. But I dare not move nor can walk away. Give my sorry to your homeward angel, Who waits to…
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You Are Fabulous
An original spoken word poem of affirmation. YOU ARE FABULOUS I see you and I respect you. I am ready to accept you. Don't be afraid and don't worry. There is no rush and no hurry. You're amazing and fabulous. Your truth is so miraculous. You are so beautifully whole. Simply you, not playing a...
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Transgender Dinosaurs
An original spoken word poem about being transgender and feeling like an endangered species. TRANSGENDER DINOSAURS A million years passed right on by. Countless dinosaurs lived and died. A fricking great meteor struck the sea. Humans woke to what they could be. Then turned and looked the other…
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Severn Heaven
Original spoken word poetry about exploring and drifting along the beautiful River Severn in the United Kingdom. SEVERN HEAVEN I am in heaven. Everything I imagine. Or ever could imagine. I am in heaven. And who did I find? I found me right there, dwellin’. No more hate, no one yellin’. I am in...
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The Canvas Weeps
Original spoken word poetry about feeling out of place. THE CANVAS WEEPS Is what I am doing selfish? Is that why I feel alone? Surrounded by understanding faces. Making carefully considered spaces. For them, not me, the different one. Slowly extracting me from them, Through the label of assurity....
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What Will You Be?
Original spoken word poetry about searching for someone to share your journey. WHAT WILL YOU BE? Who or what will I be? Where and when will you see? When can I be just me? Where can I live freely? My future I foresee. Rescind he for just she. Push back years of debris. Find myself and face me.…
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1976 Nancy Boy
Original spoken word poetry about gender dysphoria and growing up in the 1970s. 1976 NANCY BOY Smoke. Industrial smoke. Chimney smoke. Thick smoke from un-serviced motor cars. Smoke from life-long chain smokers, roll ups, Cigarettes of a thousand brands, Filled with rubbish shared by dirty hands....
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Disappointment
Original spoken word poetry about believing in yourself when faced with disappointment. DISAPPOINTMENT Your clear disappointment in me. I saw it immediately. Cloudy, grey ash topped with black slate. Your pursed thin lips, condemn my fate. Suspense hung in the morning air. Pressing firmly upon my...
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Unbreakable
Original spoken word poetry about trusting your inner strength through gender transition I was met with many challenges when starting out in gender transition. I felt, almost every day, every hour, my strength was being tested. At a time when I was still coming to terms with being known as a...
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Coffee, Cake and Chromosomes
Original spoken word poetry about the kindness of strangers during gender transition. Since coming out as a transgender woman, I have been lucky to find the kindness of strangers on many occasions. Quite often, at coffee shops (which I love and go to a lot for coffee and cake), and it is lovely...
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Gender Dysphoria
Original spoken word poetry about the gender dysphoria and reaching out to professionals for help. As an introvert I sometimes find it hard to talk openly so I use poetry to express my whole-self, gender affirmation and transitioning from male to female. This poem is about the two times I went to...
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Frozen At The Door
Original spoken word poetry about facing fears and accept myself during gender transition. As a transgender woman, I needed to prove to myself that I could face the world as me. There were lots of doubts and self reflection, and fear and anxiety filled every moment. When they day came to step out...
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Never Not Sure
Original spoken word poetry about believing in yourself when coming out NEVER NOT SURE It would seem, that never before, Did I need to be quite so sure? But in fact, the pure thing they miss, At all their consequent remisce, Is that I am quite secure, and Truly, I was never not sure. I did the...
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Coming Out
Original spoken word poetry about coming out as transgender for the first time. COMING OUT Coming out first time, for me, was torture, But now it happens each, and every, day. It was not, it seems, a one-off gesture. endlessly watching people walk away. Pointing a finger, saying no, no way.…
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Forgiveness (Bonus)
FORGIVENESS Forgiveness is a special gift. Our compassion heals harbored rift. Releasing hurt and wandered truth. Gives kind repose to squandered proof. Illusions lead to vanity, Valiance propels to clarity. Empathy unlocks sympathy. New found sense, frees antipathy. Embrace your soul, reach out...
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Dear Allies Remix (Bonus)
A shorter remix of Dear Allies DEAR ALLIES REMIX (c) Jay Rose Ana
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You Are Going To Be Okay
When times seem hard, and when life seems impossible, and when you struggle to face the world. Focus on getting through today because you are going to be okay. YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY You are going to be okay, Focus on getting through today. You have come already this far, Take a moment, reflect...
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Words of Hope
When enduring episodes of transphobic behaviour I try and imagine a better world where the hate is replaced by a smile and an open friendly hand. Sometimes, that hand can feel far away so unfortunately, it remains a dream but, I hope, that dream will one day come true. I don't think it is just...
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You Are Fabulous (Bonus)
YOU ARE FABULOUS For you are fabulous, and Amazingly generous. Your Beauty is contagious, you're Utterly ravenous. Your Love is fathomless, and Oozing ampleness. You are Uniquely miraculous, put Simply, you are fabulous. (c) Jay Rose Ana You are Fabulous Photo by James Wheeler from Pexels
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Can You See Me?
Anxiety was commonplace for me in 2020 especially being a transgender woman. Lockdown meant more working and socialising from home, which inevitably meant meeting more people for the first time. Switching on a webcam means everyone can see you for the first time and that can feel uncomfortable…
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Sharing is Caring
What they don't tell you about transitioning! Nobody told me, when I transitioned my gender, I would be sharing everything I have with the women in my house! SHARING IS CARING Something shocking I found out, When I recently came out. Was how it feels, to share everything I own, Including my...
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Perseverance (Bonus)
Pursue your goals and never give up. Extra Track: Turn your dream into reality and remember that persistence in doing anything is achieving success despite the obstacles in your way. PERSEVERANCE "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to success, Is always to try just one...
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Brand New Day
Even the darkest days have their turning point. Maintaining positive mental health is essential in managing the down days and accepting yourself for who you are. BRAND NEW DAY Today is a brand-new day! And to be honest, I did not think I would see the dawn. Engulfed in my own darkness, I lay in…
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The Sky of Many Summers
An original poem about making a big change in life. THE SKY OF MANY SUMMERS The sky hung out like washing on a line. Clouds drip dry, as birds resign. The distant rumble of a passenger jet. Fuelled by hopes of a better yet. The falling leaf, the seasons end. Releasing the branch, starts to…
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Wasted Time
When telling the first few people about my planned gender transition I was met with a mixed response. I partly did not really know what to say to people nor how to say eloquently how I was feeling. Some of these people walked away from me. I found that when I patiently sat and listened to people,...
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Hidden Treasure
My gender transition began whilst embracing my whole-self. The discovery of self is frought with forgotten memories that can surface quickly and become overwhelming. Finding the strength in yourself to face obstacles, and overcome them, is the balance of the things in your life that you can and...
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Hot Air Balloon
Transitioning gender has its ups and downs and can impact our mental health and wellbeing. It is the way we conduct ourselves in those times that gives us the experience and confidence to move forward. Trust in yourself, believe in you, and smile because you are fabulous. HOT AIR BALLOON Some…
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Say it Again
Transphobic behaviour from others can have a major impact particularly at the early stages of gender transition. Finding the strength to believe in yourself is essential to your wellbeing. During my early days of transition I was anxious, hesitant, and unsure of myself, and this was a time when I...
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Completely Unexpectedly
Finding that moment when you realise who you are. COMPLETELY UNEXPECTEDLY Some of the best things in life, Happen through hard work and determination. Some of the best things in life, Happen completely unexpectedly at a service station. Like driving home, one night, on a long commute. And…
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The Fear of Transition
THE FEAR OF TRANSITION Before I transitioned, There were a couple of things, That I admit I envisioned. Thoughts that ran through my head, And through my heart, Often whilst I was driving or in bed, And my soul, Kept me up at night, Not feeling whole, Forcing heart and mind apart. I will try and...
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Dear Love
DEAR LOVE Dear love, I have gone, I am not exactly sure why. But you need to carry on, Please look forward, not back, Be happy, do not cry. I felt it coming, and I know you did too, Though I cannot say the moment, When I knew it was true. Our paths have uncrossed, our futures untwined. You need…
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Children Love Rainbows
CHILDREN LOVE RAINBOWS I would like to say, life is black and white. But dysphoria is not even shades of grey. I would like to express, what is on my mind, But to be honest, I am afraid to say. I would like to think life is red, green, and blue, But that would be unfair on every other hue. I…
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Please Collect Your Label
PLEASE COLLECT YOUR LABEL So, you are trans? You must be gay? Or a lesbian? what is it today? I need to describe you in just one word, My brain is confounded by the ideas it has heard. You do not fit into my list? Of things that are just two. Girl or boy? Man or woman? Make up your mind, Which…
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Something I Need to Say
SOMETHING I NEED TO SAY Sit down, just here, my love. I have something I need to say. I have been trying to find the words, And I have been putting off today. I need you to take a leap of faith, And help me understand. I am out of my comfort zone, And it would help if I could hold your hand. I…
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Free Fall
FREE FALL Gasping for breath, I can hardly breathe. Plummeting down, Through a chasm of doubt. In gravity’s hands, I entrust my fate. The silence of free fall, My only escape. A single voice, A signal in noise. “I know how you feel, You are not alone”, they shout. Another step back, another look...
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Pool of Tears
POOL OF TEARS Sometimes, I wonder, Where love really is? Headlong down a rabbit hole, No wonderland here. A familiar tune, The words unclear, Like a half-remembered song, Half-joy, half-tears, all-fear. Drinking the potion, From a metre to a mile. Does not really matter, When an empty vial. Going...
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Kindness
KINDNESS Kith and kin forgives our sin. I, becomes we, for the world to see. Night and day are equally bright. Deeds not words, measure our light. No magic here, what you see it what you get. Every new day is a gift, we must never forget. Sowing a seed of kindness, is how we grow a friend!…
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My Journey
MY JOURNEY My character, Has took some knocks, In recent times. But being so close, I just did not, See it happening. I did not, Feel its presence, And do you know what? I felt like a victim. Entitled. I fell into a trap. I am not a victim. I have too much love around me, To ever have the right…
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Welcome to Transphobia
WELCOME TO TRANSPHOBIA Sticks and stones, The saying goes, May break my bones, But in their headlights, Fear froze. Then, I am sitting, In a ditch, Thinking today, Is a real bitch. Driven off the road, Watching them, As they point and goad. Hateful laughter, Hurtful names, Directed to me. How do…
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New Mornings Dawn
NEW MORNINGS DAWN Somewhere in between, The night and the day. Is a moment where I am me, The best me, I might say. Half-dream, half-awake, Full of hope, make no mistake. This sombre dawn pause, Reveals me, my truth, awake. The cool of the air, Through the windows breeze. The warmth of the bed, A...
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The Devil to Pay
THE DEVIL TO PAY For God sake someone tell me, How I spirit away, These thoughts that haunt me, Tomorrow is another today. In the street, You would not pay me, Any particular time of day, So, time passes slowly, These thoughts, Pushed out the way. But, if you were to tell me, Perhaps, sometime...
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The Lost Sea
THE LOST SEA Today I read some tweets, Discussing my right to exist. More specifically transitioning, From one gender to another. I have always believed, I am not transitioning at all. I am simply becoming me, Who I truly am, Who I was always meant to be. I see television programmes, Discussing…
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Impasto
IMPASTO When I am done and when I am gone, This portrait will remain. The craft of your hand, The focus of your eye, The steadiness of your breath, The openness of your mind. Your expression of me will be an expression of us. Let us share our souls, a whisper in the air, Select your canvas with...
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Rainbows of Life
RAINBOWS OF LIFE Red marks birth and the celebrations we sing. Amber the food of life, feeding every wonderful thing. Indigo marks spiritual awakenings, lives of change, lives that matter. Neon is brightness, pulsing with life, fuelled by love, beautiful chatter. Blue is serenity, peace of mind,...
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Bouquet of Life
BOUQUET OF LIFE The birth of my first child, then second, then three. Are the happiest memories, that flow out of me. Ever brightening hues, never duller, always fuller. Moments shared in explosions of colour. Our families together, memories laid. Bouquets of colour, happy parades. The red of the...
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Dear Allies
DEAR ALLIES How do I explain to my children, the importance of you? And why that you need to, and how much I rely on you? How can I tell them that allies have my back? How do I prepare them, for the compassion, others lack? They see the world in rainbows, in colours that are true. They hold no...
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I am a Woman
I AM A WOMAN I am a woman; I am not confused. I am fed up of feeling used. You drag me out when you need a voice. I no longer have a choice. I am a woman; can you not see? Not a man, how hard can it be? I do all these things to help you understand. But you still will not, hold my hand. I am a...
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Being Different
BEING DIFFERENT Can you see me? Standing in the crowd. Can you hear me? Quietly shouting loud. Can you spot me? Standing, proud, and tall. Can you help me? If I should fall. Will you hold me? When I am sand. Will you remember me? Did I help you understand? (c) Jay Rose Ana
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Memories Make Us
MEMORIES MAKE US Memories make us who we are today. Experience shapes us and never goes away. For many years I pushed them down. But look at all the good it has done, When I cannot be open, how I feel today! For a while there, it was touch and go. I really could not decide, If I had the strength,...
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