{"id":11025,"date":"2022-07-23T02:07:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/june-2022-winner-award-of-awesomeness-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:18:54","slug":"trans-march-by-charlie-petch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/editorials\/trans-march-by-charlie-petch\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I march with my newfound sister\nwe were once in a cowboy band together\nnow we hand over our old drag to each other\nI joke that the band will now listen to me\nbut not to her\n\nthe newly out pandemic trans are here\npuppy energy is everywhere\ntheir first time in community\nI keep my mask on and search for\nfaces who might remember who\nwe lost I search for those of us\nwho survived\n\nI can\u2019t leave the park where we gather\nuntil the last trans is gone I feel the vertigo\nof 2.5 years of being alone in ways\nthat sapped this joy of feeling normal\nit can only be found in our company\nI am so afraid of leaving\nI forget my safety\nmen slump around me as I exit\n\nI walk back towards the village\ntake off my pride beads\nkeep my head down like usual\nattempt to disappear\nso that I don\u2019t\nreally\n\nno one marching with me\nwho is alive anymore\nto call this feeling lonely\ncan never express it correctly\nmore like being an alien abandoned\non earth\n\nthe trans march is over<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Charlie Petch <\/strong>(they\/them, he\/him) is a disabled\/queer\/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto\/Toronto. A poet, playwright, librettist, musician, lighting designer, and host, Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for the speakNORTH national festival, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets (2020), and founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. Petch is a touring performer, as well as a mentor and workshop facilitator. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named “Best of 2021” by The Walrus. Their film with Opera QTO, Medusa’s Children, is launching in June 2022.\u00a0 They have been featured on the CBC’s Q, the Toronto International Festival of Authors, and were longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2021. [provided for the Arc Award of Awesomeness – June 2022]<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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